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Creating New Zealand's national walking trail

Creating New Zealand's national walking trail

FromWitness History


Creating New Zealand's national walking trail

FromWitness History

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 2011 a 3,000 km long walking trail was opened in New Zealand.

Geoff Chapple had spent years lobbying for the creation of Te Araroa. He’d written articles in newspapers and tested out routes in the country's rugged landscape.

The process of exploring where it could go sometimes put him in danger as he tells Alex Collins.

(Photo: Geoff wading in the Waipapa River in the far north of New Zealand while on the Te Araroa trail. Credit: Amos Chapple)
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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