The Long Way Home

Whenua, whakapapa, whanau. In a new podcast series available from 16 October, Bruce Hopkins walks Te Araroa to take his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island.Bruce Hopkins wants to take the ashes of his dad and brother home to Rakiura/Stewart Island. He's just ta ...  Show more

Whenua, whakapapa, whanau. Bruce Hopkins walks Te Araroa to take his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. Bruce Hopkins has a plan.For the next five months, he wants to walk the length of New Zealand, from Cape Reinga to Stewart Island, along Te Araroa - New Ze ...  Show more

With a heavy pack and a lot of nerves, Bruce is underway, measuring the length of 90 Mile Beach and recalling dangerous days fishing off the Northland coast. Loaded down under way too heavy a pack and with no small amount of nerves, Bruce Hopkins is underway!During his first five ...  Show more

Dreaming of ginger beer and ice cream, Bruce climbs the high hills of the Northland forests to get back to his old home in the Bay of Islands.Week two and the honeymoon is already over between Bruce Hopkins and New Zealand's trail Te Araroa.Having suffered the length of 90 Mile B ...  Show more

Bruce meets old friends and new on the trail south of Russell but an unexpected event puts the future in doubt. It's week three and Bruce Hopkins has fallen in love again with Te Araroa - New Zealand's Trail. But does the trail love him back?Bruce heads south out of Russell, trek ...  Show more