The Te Araroa Project

Welcome Marita 🇩🇪, we caught up with at Jo's funny farm.

On trail Marita can't go without "my kindle and tent chocolate combo, it's chocolate i eat in my tent to unwind in the evening."

When Marita finishes Te Araroa they are looking forward to "telling interesting stories, being back in real life and sharing my experiences with others."

The best part of Te Araroa so far for Marita has been "the north shore walking into Auckland, the days were so diverse in that areas as well, you would have trail, forest, road,beach all in a day."

Ahead on Te Araroa Marita is looking forward to "more sunshine and more wild camping, freedom camping in sunshine."

Marita is doing Te Araroa because "I always wanted to do a long hike that includes camping and i've never been to New Zealand so that's the perfect way to see this beautiful country, by walking it."

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Welcome Stella 🇳🇿, we caught up with at Jo's funny farm.

On trail Stella can't go without "my beanie, love my beanie, my beanie is the bomb."

When Stella finishes Te Araroa she is looking forward to "earning money instead of spending it."

The best part of Te Araroa so far for Stella has been "meeting all the different people and sharing experiences, it's been really fun."

Ahead on Te Araroa Stella is looking forward to "lack of rain."

Stella is doing Te Araroa because "I always looked at it and we saw people doing it and thought this is cool, I could do it, may as well."

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Welcome Taylar 🇦🇺, we caught up with at

On trail Taylar can't go without "the swiss army knife, its cut a lot of blisters off, i physically wouldn't be able to live without it, we've done a lot of surgery on my feet, it's disgusting i know but my feet have been in rack and ruin this whole entire trip."

When Taylar finishes Te Araroa she is looking forward to "cooking in our kitchen, just making food, nice food and then just having a cup of tea on the couch with Ric and our dog, just hanging out, you know, just cozy things."

The best part of Te Araroa so far for Taylar has been "the social aspect i think, i'm loving the nature and being outdoors, but everyone we meet on the trail is so lovely."

Ahead on Te Araroa Taylar is looking forward to "Mine is definitely the South island, I think I'm going to see nature and everything that I have never seen before, nothing like it. Then as well just experiencing places that a lot of people will never see, have never seen before, were seeing parts of New Zealand that maybe not even the locals have seen so it's very special."

Taylar is doing Te Araroa because "I've always wanted to do something very adventurous with Ric, i knew he was going to do something pretty crazy and I didnt want to just stay at home, I like getting out of my comfort zone and pushing myself, i just came for the adventure really."

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Welcome Lucy we caught up with at

On trail Lucy can't go without "Coffee, it shows what an addict i am but genuinely would not be here without it."

When Lucy finishes Te Araroa she is looking forward to "the things i miss, i miss cycling to work and i miss flat whites, so getting back to that."

The best part of Te Araroa so far for Lucy has been "i loved the campsites along 90 mile beach, we had such good weather, so all the sun rises and the sunsets, finishing early and swimming it was so nice, they were nice remote sites as well."

Ahead on Te Araroa Lucy is looking forward to "i don't want to wish away the north island but i am excited just to get to the South Island and see it"

Lucy is doing Te Araroa because "I have just always enjoyed doing smaller hikes and camps. I always wanted to see New Zealand and when I realised that Te Araroa existed I was like oh my gosh I just need to do it. It's everything I love in one and I get to see a country."

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Welcome Samantha 🇳🇿, we caught up with at

On trail Samantha can't go without "my mum's film camera, .cameras trip 35, she passed away when I was a baby so it's a way to take her with me."

When Samantha finishes Te Araroa they are looking forward to "i don't really know to be honest, i haven't thought that far ahead i am just focusing on the walk"

The best part of Te Araroa so far for Samantha has been "i actually quite liked the first part of the dome forest because i was initially quite scared of that, but we did it, and it was actually a lot of fun, it was quite novel getting so muddy."

Ahead on Te Araroa Samantha is looking forward to "im torn im really looking forward to Tongariro as well because i've done it twice and loved it both times so i'll be keen to do it again, well be doing it slightly differently by doing it in reverse, but i am also super excited for the Tarauas, its where we go tramping all the time, i'm from the Kapiti coast originally and well be walking through there after that, it'll be cool, getting to see my family."

Samantha is doing Te Araroa because "it's his idea (gesturing to Justin) but it seemed like a pretty big adventure and i didnt want to miss out and I wanted to do it with him."

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