When J. R. R. Tolkien first began writing The Hobbit in 1930, do you think he envisaged an entire country wrapping its marketing campaign around it? Perhaps if he’d had the chance to explore the wild parts of New Zealand that may just have been the inspiration to bring Bilbo Baggins to life. Here are […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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