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Is it falling or flying?
Sitting on the edge of a plane door, 5km in the air, with a guy called Gareth strapped to my back, I’m thinking ‘How the flying fox did I get myself into this situation?’
Family walks length of NZ
A Taupō family of six has walked the length of the country along the Te Araroa trail, homeschooling all the way, having never done an overnight hike before.
River explorer does it again
He may bear the name of a famous explorer, but Peter Cook (55) is fairly laid back about his own expeditions.
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