Unexpected moments of joy

November 2023

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November 2023

This lichen in Kahurangi National Park resembles the floral wallpaper designs of William Morris. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Wilderness team members share a favourite moment from their tramping adventures. A surprising kiwi encounter I was a couple of hours into the first day of the South Coast Track on Rakiura Stewart Island and had spent the walk down Mason Bay unsuccessfully searching for ambergris, the valuable whale fecal matter that is known to […]

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