In March, four kiwi boys embarked on a three-month kayak journey from Cape Reinga to Wellington down the east coast of the North Island (about 2200 km). The team is made up of three Stewart brothers, Kurt, Connor and Drew, all originally from Whangarei, and a close friend, Cared Blackham, from Eastbourne, Wellington.
Drew, the youngest of the Stewart brothers, had the idea to navigate the east coast of the North Island by kayak after completing the South Island portion of the Te Araroa Trail back in 2019. He felt that walking the North Island
