Wilderness

WHAT'S IN MY PACK

Neil Silverwood enjoys lightweight trips in the hills behind Hokitika.

“It’s a tramper’s paradise with one of the most complex networks of huts and tracks in the country,” he says. “Slowly, year by year, I’m exploring all of the river valleys and loops”. Silverwood usually disappears into

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