Trapline tramping

Trapline tramping

Trampers around the country are heading off-track to help save native birds from the brink of extinction. George Driver discovers the tales of the trapline trampers. Rugged peaks, beech forest, glacial valleys – the features of Matukituki Valley in Mt Aspiring...
Backcountry meltdown

Backcountry meltdown

Increasingly ferocious storms, rising sea levels and soaring temperatures are expected to knock out more tracks, campsites, huts and erase the alpine features which attract hundreds of thousands into the outdoors.  After ploughing through the South Pacific,...