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Robert Bruce, front right, founded social enterprise Got To Get Out as a way of helping Kiwis experience the many benefits of getting outdoors. Turning 2020 around on the Te Araroa Trail Bruce usually organises a multi-day hiking adventure to Nepal at the end of each year, but with overseas travel off the cards in 2020, he arranged one closer to home. Starting on January 1, 2021, a group of intrepid adventurers walked the first 10 days (280km) of the Te Araroa Trail, a track that in its entirety extends the full length of the country. Among the keen adventurers who signed up for this challenge was Molly, a carer from the UK who’d moved to New Zealand last year for a month of travel. Covid changed those plans and after spending lockdown in Auckland, she felt she needed to get out, joining a hike with the Got To Get Out Waikato Adventurers.
Call goes out for Northland s environmental heroes
24 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Working to restore Rākaumangamanga / Cape Brett, above, saw Patukeha and Ngāti Kuta win the Te Tohu Matua - Supreme Award and the Kaitiakitanga Award at last year s NRC Environmental Awards
Working to restore Rākaumangamanga / Cape Brett, above, saw Patukeha and Ngāti Kuta win the Te Tohu Matua - Supreme Award and the Kaitiakitanga Award at last year s NRC Environmental Awards
Northern Advocate
Northland is renowned throughout the world for its wonderful environment - and now locals can nominate the region s eco-guardians in the Northland Regional Council s environmental awards.
Divers stranded on island near Kāeo a stark reminder for boaties to download Coastguard safety app
22 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Coastguard Whangaroa is all about saving lives at sea and that s why they want boaties to download and use the Coastguard App. Photo / supplied
Coastguard Whangaroa is all about saving lives at sea and that s why they want boaties to download and use the Coastguard App. Photo / supplied
Northern Advocate
Two divers becoming stranded on an island for around six hours off the coast near Kāeo when their boat broke anchor and drifted sparked a call from Coastguard for boaties to download a safety app.
A quick chat with Jesse Tuke, TVNZ America’s Cup reporter.
What s one place you d take every visitor to NZ and why? Cape Reinga is one of the greats, no matter how many times you go there. You get the best of New Zealand’s two coasts and there’s something great about the Tasman and Pacific oceans coming together. It’s pretty cool for a visitor to stand under the yellow sign and see how far they are from home. Then boost back down 90 Mile Beach, hit the sand dunes for some boogie boarding and stop in at Highway 10 Takeaways for a ‘Death by Icecream’. How good!