Emilie Bruce at hut number 50. Photo: Victoria Bruce

Young hut bagger begins longest journey

November 2021

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On the eve of starting Te Araroa Trail, Victoria Bruce reflects on the journey that led her and her seven-year-old daughter to tackle a 3000km trail.

We arrived at Emilie’s 50th hut under the cover of darkness, clutching torches and laughing our way onto the porch. It was 8pm and my seven-year-old daughter and I had been on the track for almost five hours, the last two in rapidly falling dark, navigating piles of windfall and listening to the eerie creak […]
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