Archives: 'North Island'
February 6, 2010
Reaching Wellington was a huge achievement for The Big Walk; however, the final steps up to Parliament represented the start of the real purpose of the campaign.
On Tuesday we had almost every participant from TBW in the capital to spend time with CEOs, Ministers, and each other, to discuss their own life challenges and transformational [...]
Categories: Events, Jamie Fitzgerald, N15, North Island, Sponsors, TelsraClear, Video
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January 22, 2010
I joined Jamie and the crew at Pipiriki having gone from a balmy 20C in Auckland to a rather chilly and damp 13C! Luckily Sunday we woke to blue skies and were treated to an adrenaline pumping Jet boat ride with Ken from www.whanganuiriveradventures.co.nz. This was a jet boat ride that gave more than just [...]
Categories: Cynthia, Jamie Fitzgerald, N12, North Island, Pictures
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January 21, 2010
An epic leg had taken place in the wilds of the Whanganui river!
We were joined a week ago by Phillip, Craydon, Matt and Scott, who have taken up the challenge from the sunny Hawkes Bay to head down the Whanganui river. We met up with the crew at DaKune lodge in Ohakune, gear was issued [...]
Categories: ANZ, Cynthia, N12, North Island
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January 16, 2010
Travelling through National Park for three days has been fantastic. There have been very few times in the North Island where we have had the luxury of seeing the support vehicles each evening, so the number of ’multi-day’ tramps has been pretty low (unlike the hardy South Island crew).
With us being in the area, it would have been [...]
Categories: Jamie Fitzgerald, N11, N12, North Island, Pictures, Video
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January 15, 2010
Having showered off five days of dirt and sweat I sit in front of a computer screen and try a sum up the experience we sweated and dirtied our selves for. It would be easy to list the words and sound-bites of the last few days, however, they would mean nothing to any but my [...]
Categories: Jamie Fitzgerald, N11, North Island, Pictures
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January 13, 2010
Like most legs of The Big Walk, we’re faced with challenges that require on-the-spot decision making – during the Leg between Clevedon and Hamilton we were faced with a scenario where the students came up with an interesting solution!
After mis-reading our maps we found ourselves on the wrong side of a flood bank that traveled [...]
Categories: Jamie Fitzgerald, N8, North Island, Video
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January 12, 2010
Having completed Leg 10, aka Tokoroa ON – Brand, we did our emotional goodbyes and headed home. Travelling along the eastern side of Lake Taupo we could see on the opposite side of the Lake the journey that we had just completed. It took up the entire horizon.
Central in our view was the combined silhouettes [...]
Categories: N10, North Island
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January 11, 2010
I’m not entirely sure if the weather knew what it wanted to do today, so it just picked a little bit of everything it had in its repertoire and threw it at us. The wind, rain, and sun came in patches, combinations or even all three at once but North Island Leg 11 took our ‘hard-pills’ [...]
Categories: Cynthia, Jamie Fitzgerald, N11, North Island, Video
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January 10, 2010
The final day of another leg, who knew time could rush so fast?! We woke up this morning at Waihaha hut, in gorgeous bush with only a tramp to the vehicles to top off an awesome few days.
We pulled off an epic record this morning: tents down, breakfast in bellies and walking by 0710. The [...]
Categories: Cynthia, N10, North Island
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January 9, 2010
Even after 11 hours on the trail yesterday, the team from Tokoroa High School still had the energy for some singing as we emerged from the bush – I’m amazed at their ability to remain enthusiastic and supportive of one another throughout such a long day!
We’re in the Poureora Forrest, and after an evening where [...]
Categories: Jamie Fitzgerald, N10, North Island
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Loved the video. Had an awsome time on the last leg of the big walk minus the boat trip but ...