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15:11Wild takahē return to Kahurangi National Park
In a significant step for DOC’s Takahē Recovery Programme, 18 birds were released into Gouland Downs off the Heaphy Track earlier this year. DOC Takahē Operations Manager Deidre Vercoe says after considerable preparation it was fantastic to return takahē to a part of their ancestral home. “This translocation marked the next step in takahē recovery.
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10:11A1 Series Winners Eye GODZone Chapter 8
Australian adventure racing team Thought Sports recently won the Adventure 1 Series in Australia for 2018 and an entry to race at GODZone Chapter 8. Team captain Rob Preston talks to us about the teams goals and aspirations for racing in New Zealand. What are your team goals for Chapter 8? We would like to
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11:10NEW ZEALAND’S PREMIERE FREEZE DRIED FOOD CO BACKS GODZONE
Competitors in the world’s largest expedition adventure race, GODZone, will be well fed during Chapter 8 of the event with Back Country Cuisine coming on board to support the teams. The pioneering freeze dried meal business is backing New Zealand’s premier adventure race being held in Canterbury from the 10th – 17th March 2019. Based
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10:06IAN EDMOND TALKS TEAMS, SKILLS & CANTERBURY’S ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
Any hints on where the Chapter 8 course will go?
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11:03Thats a Wrap
The last teams are across the GODZone finish line in Te Anau. Team 51 Nothing Ventured were the first to arrive and welcomed by an enthusiastic waiting crowd of friends, families and locals who had been on tenterhooks for the last 24 hours. Balloons, children, streamers, bubbles, laughter and looks of relief were the order
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07:03Lake Herries Delivers Magic
The Kepler Mountains have been the focal point for the last several days of racing where teams have moved between Fiordlands two great lakes – Manapouri and Te Anau. The mountains make up much of the northern shore of Manapouri and the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau. Hidden at the top of the trek
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07:038th Day of Race
As the 8th day of race kicks in its clear teams have discovered expedition racing at GODZone provides real adventure and many days on their feet. Over half of the 92 teams that started last Thursday have arrived at the finish line in Te Anau but there are still plenty more to arrive. All teams
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09:03An Early Morning Flotilla
There was a tight group of 3 Pursuit teams eager to head off on their last stage of the race this morning from Brod Bay to the finish line. Having been dark zoned off the lake last night the teams had caught up on sleep and paddled across a milky calm lake to an early
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18:03Dark Zones & Cut Off’s looming
Dark Zones Dark zones kick in tonight on Lake Te Anau. This will affect Pursuit and short course teams paddling from Brod Bay to the finish line. They will be required to stop paddling at 9pm and camp or stay in TA7. Teams will receive time credits and be restarted in the morning at five-minute
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11:03Directors Update
Busy day five with finish line underway and teams still trekking stage 3. Here is an update from the race directors Warren Bates and Adam Fairmaid…
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16:03Q&A with Sam Manson
First words out of Team 36 Victory Boxing at TA3 were; “We had an epic trek.” We decided to ask Sam Manson some questions. Did you have any problems finding any checkpoints? “Na. Greig ‘s nav, so we just followed him around. We got them all pretty flawlessly. But yea, there were some that were
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14:03Short Course For Unranked Teams
A disappointed Pat Farry Trust team is waiting patiently at TA3 to continue on the short course unranked. Having made a safety call at CP17, due to Harriet’s strained hip which was really struggling over the rough terrain, the team turned back yesterday through the thick bush, even packrafting down a tiny creek rather than
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00:03Yealands Family Wines Nail Coastal Track
They have swapped the lead several times over the past 48 hours of racing, and tonight Team Yealands Family Wines claimed back first position from Team Swordfox arriving at at TA3 Rarakau. ” They are looking really sharp and in pretty good spirits,” says Race Director Adam Fairmaid. ” This is a long coastal
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20:03BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ACTION – VOLUNTEERING
BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ACTION – VOLUNTEERING Mike Helliwell has come from Napier to volunteer at GODZone for the third time. His wife Lyn, who is also a volunteer at GODZone, used to Adventure Race, so Mike likes to give a bit back to the sport. “It’ll be a whole lot of
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07:03WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AS TEAMS GET INTO THE THICK OF IT
Hey supporters, keep those words of support coming!
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19:03Top Snaps of The Day
Check out the new images from Day three now in the photo library showcasing areas of Fiordland most people never set foot in…
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18:03Day 3 of GODZone takes teams deep into Fiordland
Two days, twelve hours into the ten-day GODZone expedition race in Fiordland National Park and the adventurous field is spread far and wide. “ The leading teams have paddled across Lake Hauroko and down the Wairaurahiri River through remote parts of southern Fiordland today and are now trekking into an area by Lake Poiteriteri,” says
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13:03A Team Reunion
Six hours sleep has worked wonders for one of the leading Pursuit teams. New Zealand team 85 Lincon Reunion are traveling at the front of the Pursuit field and their two words for the next 24 hours are happy days…here is the chat from TA2 earlier this morning at the put in on Lake Hauroko.