December 31, 2009
The sun peeked through the pohutakawa trees onto our tents, and NZ1 (at least that was my guess) made its approach to landing from the South East after its 11 hour flight from LAX. I rolled over in my tent and saw that it was 0550hrs. In less than ten minutes Liss would introduce the [...]
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December 29, 2009
Just before Christmas The Big Walk’s North Island contingent strode into Auckland and what better way to celebrate their arrival … than a bit more walking!!!
We figured the best way to mark the milestone of reaching the city of volcanoes was to scale one of them! But which one? There are 48(ish) to choose from [...]
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December 29, 2009
The Timaru event with the ANZ and Kiwi Can was a wonderful occasion with lots of singing, laughing and Christmas cheer.
Next morning Jo-anne arrived from Auckland. We had no mercy on her, drove her straight to the place we had finished in the Ahuriri and without ceremony got her on her bike. We pedalled a [...]
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December 24, 2009
Alone again. The plan was to pedal 15 kilometres to Mt Creighton Station then go over the top to Queenstown. I was feeling lethargic when I started but soon got into the rhythm and found myself going like a looney. I expected Mt. Creighton to be signposted but it wasn’t and I pedalled on along [...]
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December 23, 2009
We were glad to dry out and sort gear at the Mossburn camp ground then it was on to the Mavora Lakes by bike. It could have been a nothing day – 40kms of road, but it wasn’t – Instead it was a break-through day where a sense of team began to shine through. On [...]
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December 21, 2009
With The Big Walk nearing the end of its third week, one of the most encouraging insights emerging is the depth of commitment towards youth development in the most isolated pockets of the country. Rest assured, Heartland New Zealand is alive and well, underpinned by the core values we associate with our nation.
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I pulled up [...]
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December 17, 2009
This morning we had Breakfast TV coming to catch up with us and see what The Big Walk is all about. In preparation for this it was an extremely early start for us! 5.30 should be a time left to the very tough and Chuck Norris (who could roundhouse kick the **** out of 5.30 [...]
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December 17, 2009
We all slept well last night, having completely worn ourselves out through use of the awesome waterslide created by Dave at Campbell Park. Nick was the overall victor in all speed races; his technique was the most effective. Negative points to Jamie for his interpretation of the “Ready, set, go” rule, he got off to [...]
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December 16, 2009
Two days ago Close Up featured The Big Walk, reaching an audience of 650,000. Matt Chisolm spent two days with the team on the second leg in the North Island of The Big Walk, spending time with the team milking cows, tramping and mountain-biking. The story features insights and experiences from Sam and Michael, two graduates from [...]
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December 15, 2009
Check out The Big Walk on TV One’s Breakfast weather tomorrow morning – Live with Tamati from Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland!
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This is sooo Kool and i love the AWESOME video of me running with my bike of the Hook behind ...