The exclusive Haast Club is open only to those who have been rescued by helicopter. Wilderness speaks to two Kiwis who found themselves eligible to join the club, as well as the charity’s founder, Susan Dinkelacker.
Ericka O’Shea’s eligibility came through the day she broke her ankle. As a volunteer for the Bream Head Conservation Trust, she and her husband were staking out trap lines in the claustrophobic foliage of Te Whara Track near Whangarei, when she heard a jarring crack. “I was walking on a benign part of the track, […]
