Going for a tramp makes us feel great, so it’s little wonder mental health professionals are turning to the outdoors as a way to treat patients The Japanese call it shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. In Norwegian, it’s friluftsliv; ‘living in tune with nature’. The Dutch, on the other hand, say, uitwaaien; which means ‘to walk […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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