by George Driver | May 13, 2020 | Environment, News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
After the nation wide lockdown went into effect, some Te Araroa Trail walkers emerged from the bush to a very different New Zealand. Read here Published on the Wilderness magazine website, March 28,...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
After two people died on a popular alpine day walk in Fiordland, DOC is grappling with how to make the route safer. The car park for the Gertrude Saddle Track, just before Homer Tunnel, is regularly overflowing in summer, as people head to what’s been described as the...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
The death of a tourist who fell on the Gertrude Saddle route in Fiordland may have been prevented if DOC had not delayed installing warning signs, according to the coroner. Two people died less than a year apart in very similar circumstances on the popular tramping...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
A recent online booking trial at Brewster Hut in Mt Aspiring National Park found at least half of hut users may have been dodging hut fees. Last summer, DOC trialled a booking system at Brewster and Siberia huts in a bid to manage the...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
A luxury lodge has been proposed 700m from the popular Rees-Dart Track, which could result in thousands more helicopter flights up the picturesque valley each year. A heliport has also been proposed further down the valley, which has raised concerns that the...
by George Driver | Dec 11, 2018 | Environment, Features, Science, Uncategorized, Wilderness magazine
With the closure of another hut in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, George Driver investigates the challenge of keeping a foothold in one of the most rapidly changing landscapes on Earth Looking at Murchison Hut, you’d have no inkling it may soon tumble 200m onto...