In Spring 2023 I will embark on my most ambitious adventure yet, Te Araroa - New Zealand’s Trail. A continuous 3,000 kilometre (1,864 mile) walking track from Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island in New Zealand.

I anticipate it will take around 110 to 130 days which means an average of about twenty five kilometres a day.. every day!

For comparison, the longest hike I’ve done up until now was in Fiordland on the Routeburn and Greenstone Tracks and that trip took five days and was about one hundred and five kilometres. As you can see, this is a massive step up and one I’m hugely excited about.

Preparations are well underway which include sorting the logistics, training, organising gear and all sorts of other planning, I’ve still got to find a tent! There’s so much to organise and one of my biggest projects presently is preparing all the food as I’ll be relying on bounce or re-supply boxes the whole way.

In the winter months before I start the Trail, I’ll create a series of videos on these topics so watch out for them, they’ll be particularly useful if you’re planning something similar.

Once on Trail, I’ll be sharing daily updates on all my social media channels and on completion, there’ll be a feature documentary posted to YouTube.

While on trail, I hope to meet as many people as possible, especially followers and supporters of the Freewheeling Kiwi so please do send me a direct message or email if you live along or near to the trail as I’d love to meet you.

If you know of or are a business and would like to support the trip in some way, please do get in touch ahead of time as I’m sure we can figure out someway to work together.

In the meantime, take care, lots of love Sharon 😀