This Is How It Ends: Why our forest 'lungs' are dying
Tens of thousands of hectares of indigenous forests, scrub and shrublands have been lost over the last 30 years. A string of threats loom over what remains.
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Tens of thousands of hectares of indigenous forests, scrub and shrublands have been lost over the last 30 years. A string of threats loom over what remains.
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Supplied The Hump Ridge isn’t a Great Walk yet, but it will become one next year. Fiordland’s Milford Track is undoubtedly New Zealand’s most famous Great Walk, once described by the poet Blanche Baughan as “the finest walk in the world”. And while it’s pretty hard to beat the dramatic valley views along the four-day trek, the Hump Ridge Track in southern Fiordland comes pretty close. Along the three-day walk you’ll enjoy coastal, forest and mountain views, including panoramic vistas over the Southern Ocean and even out to Rakiura/Stewart Island. While the track requires a d...