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Te Araroa: A Season on New Zealand's Long Trail

One woman. One season. One very long walk.

by Sandra Davies ...

A New Zealand memoir of endurance, solitude, and the long walk home. One woman. One season. One very long walk.Across New Zealand’s Te Araroa, solitude pressed close, encounters were rare, and endurance became connection — to land, to pace, to resilience. From apprenticeship in the north through trial in the ranges, to deepening in the south, this is a story of belonging and balance, of learning ... Read more

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A New Zealand memoir of endurance, solitude, and the long walk home. One woman. One season. One very long walk.Across New Zealand’s Te Araroa, solitude pressed close, encounters were rare, and endurance became connection — to land, to pace, to resilience. From apprenticeship in the north through trial in the ranges, to deepening in the south, this is a story of belonging and balance, of learning
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Donovan & Burdock

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Summer 1961. An influx of new men into a small village inspires a teenage 'Challenge', the winner to be the girl who got off with the greatest number of them before September. But the acquisition of experience goes hand in hand with tragedy and heartbreak, not only for Bridie Burdock, whose passion for twenty-one year old Irish labourer Sean Donovan is more than reciprocated but in a relationship ... Read more

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Summer 1961. An influx of new men into a small village inspires a teenage 'Challenge', the winner to be the girl who got off with the greatest number of them before September. But the acquisition of experience goes hand in hand with tragedy and heartbreak, not only for Bridie Burdock, whose passion for twenty-one year old Irish labourer Sean Donovan is more than reciprocated but in a relationship
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Northbound

Shortlisted at the 2026 Ockham Book Awards

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Alone in the wildernessShortlisted for the General Nonfiction Award at the 2026 Ockham Book Awards2026 Book Industry Awards NZ Audiobook of the Year FinalistAward-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on ... Read more

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Alone in the wildernessShortlisted for the General Nonfiction Award at the 2026 Ockham Book Awards2026 Book Industry Awards NZ Audiobook of the Year FinalistAward-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on
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New Boots in New Zealand: Nine great walks, three islands and one tramping virgin

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An extended stay in New Zealand determined the content of Gillian Orrells first book. NEW BOOTS IN NEW ZEALAND is a humorous, first-hand account of walking the nine Great Walks of New Zealand, encompassing many additional facts, anecdotes and insights about New Zealands culture, history and peoples. Deciding to go solo, Gillian accomplished all nine walks in the space of a few months, not only ... Read more

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An extended stay in New Zealand determined the content of Gillian Orrells first book. NEW BOOTS IN NEW ZEALAND is a humorous, first-hand account of walking the nine Great Walks of New Zealand, encompassing many additional facts, anecdotes and insights about New Zealands culture, history and peoples. Deciding to go solo, Gillian accomplished all nine walks in the space of a few months, not only
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Life on Gorge River, A

New Zealand's Remotest Family

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Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is ... Read more

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Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is
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Microadventures

Local Discoveries for Great Escapes

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‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ GeographicalAdventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity.Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your ... Read more

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‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ GeographicalAdventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity.Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your
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Solo

Backcountry Adventuring in Aotearoa New Zealand

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One afternoon in Auckland, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job.As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to the Ruahine Range and Fiordland, she had her share of danger and loneliness, but she ... Read more

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One afternoon in Auckland, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job.As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to the Ruahine Range and Fiordland, she had her share of danger and loneliness, but she
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Dude, Where's My Walking Stick?

What not to do on the Te Araroa!

by Kevin W.K. Moore ...

Dude, Where's My Walking Stick? – An out-of-the-ordinary adventure on New Zealand's Te Araroa TrailGet ready for an unconventional adventure that will have you laughing, crying, and questioning your own sense of preparation. In Dude, Where's My Walking Stick?, join Kevin Moore, an ordinary man with an extraordinary spirit, as he embarks on a laugh-out-loud journey to conquer the rugged South ... Read more

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Dude, Where's My Walking Stick? – An out-of-the-ordinary adventure on New Zealand's Te Araroa TrailGet ready for an unconventional adventure that will have you laughing, crying, and questioning your own sense of preparation. In Dude, Where's My Walking Stick?, join Kevin Moore, an ordinary man with an extraordinary spirit, as he embarks on a laugh-out-loud journey to conquer the rugged South
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Possums and Punctures (Improper Cycling In New Zealand)

by Pete Hepworth ...

What would you do if you realised that you had finally become too fat to wear your dad's pants? Pete Hepworth got his bike out and hit the trails of New Zealand, promptly suffering the indignity of being overtaken by some Danish pensioners. Along the way he met the cast of the Lord of the Rings movie in a seedy tattoo parlour in Wellington and many small marsupials with poor road sense. ... Read more

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What would you do if you realised that you had finally become too fat to wear your dad's pants? Pete Hepworth got his bike out and hit the trails of New Zealand, promptly suffering the indignity of being overtaken by some Danish pensioners. Along the way he met the cast of the Lord of the Rings movie in a seedy tattoo parlour in Wellington and many small marsupials with poor road sense.
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Long Cloud Ride

A 6,000 Mile Cycle Journey Around New Zealand

by Josie Dew ...

After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the wettest, windiest and stormiest year on record. During this time Josie was spat at, shouted at, honked at, and both run off and blown off the road. ... Read more

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After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the wettest, windiest and stormiest year on record. During this time Josie was spat at, shouted at, honked at, and both run off and blown off the road.
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Gone Bush

by Paul Kilgour ...

The story of a wanderer, long-distance tramper and hut-bagging legend.Paul Kilgour was bitten by the tramping bug early. He began going on epic trips as a young boy, beyond the farm and along the coast. During these wanderings, he met old folk living simply in tiny huts out the back of farms and on clifftops, and swaggers walking in remote and beautiful locations. Even at that early age, deep ... Read more

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The story of a wanderer, long-distance tramper and hut-bagging legend.Paul Kilgour was bitten by the tramping bug early. He began going on epic trips as a young boy, beyond the farm and along the coast. During these wanderings, he met old folk living simply in tiny huts out the back of farms and on clifftops, and swaggers walking in remote and beautiful locations. Even at that early age, deep
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You Only Live Once

A Lifetime of Experiences for the Explorer in all of us

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherYou Only Live Once: A Lifetime of Experiences for the Explorer in All of Us is not just another bucketlist of big-ticket items. We've all heard about Venice and, yes, it is probably worth going to Italy to see its waterways, but hopefully you'll take away something more from this book: a resolve to live life to the fullest-to add a dash of ... Read more

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherYou Only Live Once: A Lifetime of Experiences for the Explorer in All of Us is not just another bucketlist of big-ticket items. We've all heard about Venice and, yes, it is probably worth going to Italy to see its waterways, but hopefully you'll take away something more from this book: a resolve to live life to the fullest-to add a dash of
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