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I’m doing it!

I’M DOING IT TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

Laurie Kinaston is training to summit Taranaki Maunga.

When the country first went into lock-down in 2020, Taranaki school teacher Laurie Kinaston set herself a goal of walking 1000km by the end of the year.

“I decided I needed a goal for my mental health and to keep fit,” she says.

Kinaston had been a regular walker and had done a number of

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