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192: Six Week Road Trip in the Top of the South Island with Abigail & Isaac

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191: Backcountry Huts as Art and Tiny Home Living with Kemi & Niko

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190: Family Tramping on a Budget and Child-Free Trips with Shoshannah Shand

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189: Moving to Aotearoa from Chicago and Building a Life in Queenstown with Viktoria De Dominicis

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188: Bikepacking 3,000km in New Zealand on Tour Aotearoa with Laura Bell

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187: From Beginner Trail Running to Setting Course Records with David Haunschmidt

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186: Packrafting and Tramping 48 Days Through Fiordland with Penzy Dinsdale

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185: Thru-Hiking New Zealand Before Te Araroa Opened with Shalane Hopkins

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184: Turning New Zealand Work Trips into Solo Great Walk Adventures with Nick Thompson

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183: Four Years of Aotearoa Adventures and No Home Address with Host Abigail Hannah

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WE'RE HITTING PAUSE

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182: Finishing a Two Month Slow Paddle Sea Kayak Expedition with Isaac and Abigail

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181: Scuba Diving in Wellington and Motorbikes with Tyla Bow

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180: Hiking the Cascade Saddle Route, Tramping Clubs and Influencers with Alice Milne

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179: Vanlife and Revisiting Favourite New Zealand Hidden Gems with Daniel Mauden

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178: One month into a 1000km Sea Kayak Expedition with Isaac and Abigail

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177: First-Time Packraft Adventures and Hiking to Lake Crucible with Charlotte

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176: A Local's Guide to Northland and Building Hiking Communities with Hannah Whittaker

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175: Starting Tramping in her 40s and Lake Waikaremoana as a Family with Lois Baldwin

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174: Fastpacking the Travers-Sabine Circuit in 2 Days with Zeb Harris

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173: Section Walking Te Araroa over Multiple Seasons and Battling Cancer with Te Aroha Hohaia

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172: Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and Tongariro Northern Circuit with Ben Boland

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171: Planning an Adult Gap Year to Full-Time Van Life with Sagar and Ami

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170: 122-Day Self-Supported North Island Sea Kayak Expedition with Joel Buckley

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169: Tramping, Hut Bagging Goals, Cancer and Recovery with Verity Jackson

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BONUS: Kiwi Yarns with Brodie Kane and Abigail Hannah

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BONUS: Creation in Isolation Podcast with Billy Nunweek and Abigail Hannah

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BONUS: 2025 wrapped

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168: From First Tramp to Paparoa and all the Great Walks with Nicola Harvie

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167: Finding Hidden Places and Getting Lost with Cat Macnaughtan

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166: Caravan Living as a Family and Writing Music on the Road with Emily & Charles

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165: An 18-Day Mission Through Nelson Lakes, Kahurangi and Abel Tasman with the National Park Trifecta

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164: Five Months SOBO on Te Araroa and Finding Community with Deni Estivill

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163: Best Spots and Hidden Gems in the Bay of Plenty & Coromandel with Ciska

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162: We are Kayaking From Cape Reinga to Tauranga to Raise $20,000 !!!!

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161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger

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160: Hut Etiquette in DOC Huts and Exploring the Whitcombe Valley with Renee Cadigan

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159: Exploring Northland and Living on the Road in a 12-Ton Unimog with Kyla and Louis

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158: Mountain Biking, Towel Ponchos and a Brain Injury with Debs Brockelsby

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157: Setting the Fastest Self-Supported Record on Te Araroa with Billy Meredith

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156: Taranaki Three Peaks Traverse and Supporting Families in the Outdoors with Jenn Julian

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155: Five days on the Sladden Glacier climbing Mt Sealy and Mt Jeanette with Kaleb Anderson

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154: Working as a Sky Diving Instructor in Wānaka with Anne Bonfert

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153: Arthurs Pass and Three Attempts at Mount Philistine with Amelia Hayes

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BONUS: Community Hike - Tāmaki Makaurau

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152: First Ascents on Mount Lindenfeld and Mount Haast with Justin Wimmer

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151: House Sitting across New Zealand with Travel Writer Jessica Lockhart

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150: Hunting Wapiti in Fiordland with Jarrod McLachlan

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149: Solo Expedition on Rakiura and ADHD with Wild Boy Brando Yelavich

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148: A Mountaineering Career and Climbing Mt Aspiring with Dom Huxley

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147: An Ocean Obsession, Great White Encounter and Spearfishing with Laura Kuggeleijn

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146: Hiking to Barker Hut and Ranking NZ's Best DOC Huts with Chris Lierheimer

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145: Solo Tramping the Mangamate Loop in Whirinaki Forest Park with Sharon Evans

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144: Solo Adventures, 4WDing and Being Multi-Passionate with Grace Reeves

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143: Intro to Rock Climbing and NZ's Best Crags with Josh Parker

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142: Tramping and Exploring Aotea Great Barrier Island with Kristina Montgomerie

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141: Best Christchurch and Canterbury Adventures with Kids with Jasmine Trafford

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140: Off-Track Tramping to the Unknown in Rockburn Valley with Sarah Morrison

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139: Slow Travel in an EV and Catlins, Dunedin and Oamaru with Mature Flâneur Tim Ward

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138: An Obsession with the Mountains of Tongariro National Park with Hazel Phillips

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137: A 5 Year Journey from Budget DIY Van to Dream Home-on-Wheels with Abigail and Isaac

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136: Pushed to her Limits on the Hump Ridge Track and Slow, Mindful Travel with Helen Griffiths

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135: Ultra-Swimming and 11 Hours to Swim Across the Cook Strait with Ivan Polyntcev

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BONUS: Listen to Abigail on the Kiwi Yarns Podcast

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134: Three Months of Road Trips and Hut Bagging in the South Island with Sophie Wakelin

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BONUS: Easter Long Weekend

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133: Tramping the Heaphy Track from Karamea to Collingwood with Jacq Nesbit

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132: Nine Months of Solitude Walking Northbound on Te Araroa with Naomi Arnold

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131: Conservation and Lessons from the Bush with Bushman Sam the Trap Man

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130: Full Time Vanlife and Staying Off-Grid in Fiordland with Jord and Tom

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129: Tramping Four Epic South Island Hikes in 10 Days with Stacey Walker

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128: 4WD Adventures across the Length of the South Island with Rich Soult

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127: Tramping an Unmarked Route to Gorge River with Elvisa Van Der Leden

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126: Adventures with Kids and a Peach Cove Rescue with Renata Wiles

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125: Jetboating 27 Wild Rivers on a Solo Trip with Ollie Sharpe

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124: A Bucketlist Birthday Group Trip to New Zealand with Travel Podcaster Jackie Nourse

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123: Best Auckland Adventures for Kids with Outdoorsy Hijabi Mum Veronika Edali

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122: Solo Female Travel in New Zealand in Your 50s with Larissa Hubbard

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121: Avoiding Vanlife Mistakes and Life on the Road in NZ with Tiff and Nathan

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120: Multi-Passionate Adventures and the Olivine Ice Plateau with Alexander Hillary

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BONUS: Kicking off 2025 with Abigail Hannah

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119: Three Teens' 900km Cape to Cape Human Powered Journey with Olly, Will and Thomas

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118: Hut Bagging and Visiting Over 500 DOC Huts with Benjamin Pigott

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117: Bikepacking to all 23 New Zealand Ski Fields with Tara and Naomi

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116: 4WDing and Camping as a Family in the South Island with Kerry Quigley

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115: Quitting his Corporate Job and Preparing for Five Months of Thru-Hiking Te Araroa with Anurag Sharma

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114: Sea Kayaking for Beginners and the Best of the Hauraki Gulf with Bennett Lim

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113: Tramping the St James Walkway and an Unexpected Encounter with Olivia, Jacinda and Sarah Blair

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112: Crossing the Cook Strait on a Paddleboard and Surf Lifesaving with Britt Spencer

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BONUS: One year of running a business

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111: Coming Home to New Zealand and Living in a Kombi as a Family with Kirianna Poole

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110: A Sea Kayaking Expedition Along the Fiordland Coast with Mark Jones

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109: An Epic 4WD Summer Road Trip at the Top of the South with Brad Willetts

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108: Fastpacking from St Arnaud to Arthur's Pass in 8 Days with Alice Brice

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107: Learning to Freedive, Spearfish and Building Community with Renee Taylor

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106: Overlanding in the Old Man Range and 4WD Trips with Jono Hitchcox

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105: A Multi-Day Canyoning Trip in Abel Tasman with Aimee Jules

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104: Avalanche-Bealey Traverse and Pursuing Adventures with Neurological Disorders with Nick Allen

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103: The Ultimate New Zealand South Island Road Trip in Winter with Barb and Reg

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102: Having an Accident on the Routeburn and a Five Year Recovery Journey with Sarah Heffron