WALK SHORTS
REMEMBERING AN INSPIRATIONAL TRAMPER
The outdoors community has lost one of its most important kaumātua with the passing of Arnold Heine (1926-2019), QSM, ONZM. Heine, who died in October aged 93, earned widespread respect for his services to the community. He was widely respected as a tramper, conservationist, wilderness advocate, ski patroller, author, Antarctic explorer, mentor and engineer.
Born in Nelson, Heine grew up on a farm and as a teenager made his first forays to Mt Arthur with his older brothers. Even after moving to Wellington to work for the DSIR, he never lost his strong connection to Kahurangi and altogether spent over 250 days in the park, often on botanical explorations.
In Wellington, Heine became a stalwart of the
