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Christchurch NZ - a great place to visit.

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.

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

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

Canterbury is a major adventure drawcard

Excitement builds for Chapter 8

Any hints on where the Chapter 8 course will go?

What lies ahead in Canterbury for Chapter 8

Nathan Fa'avae brings expertise and experience

Chapter 8 hosted by Akaroa in 2019

Chapter 8 hosted by Canterbury Region

Chapter 7 brings rewards

And getting lost in the woods with your

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

'That south coast track was just '

Who got carried off?

Would have graced the start line 60 years

Volunteers just want to get amongst it

It’s an adventure for the support crews too

By Hannah Johnston

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

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

Learning mor about where you live

All sorts can happen in the thick Fiordland bush

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

A great way to see a new place

Helping get the messages around the world

Telling the story of GODZone

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

Kai pai Tiki

When bodies are pushed to the absolute limit

Yes please!

The youngest member just having a blast

super chilled out

What a battle

First placed team

"we are pretty cold, pretty "

The Pursuit course

"Wow!"

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…

Short course is looming

A different world

Neck and neck

What the teams will be seeing.

It's all business in the TA

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

"It's been a long long "

I've got some fungus growing on my foot

Sleep deprivation can come in many forms!

Team PwC in 6th position

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

Please sir can I have some more

Where's our maps?

This household is on both sides of the race line

GZ dots itself through this wee

Hurry up & wait

Swordfox back in front

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

Share and share alike

Remember Team 80? Well they’re back safe and warm.

Rock and roll

Thrills and spills

"We're a bit nervous about stage 3"

Off on the Wairaurahiri River

A teaser of what the teams walk through

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

Will the pumpkin become a golden coach?

Like paint smattered across a map

Injured GODZoner is getting back out there, today.

Sea spray in the face

Tell them don't go this

Over from Germany on a GAP year, how fun GZ

Now the racing

Teams scattered through South Fiordland

"It's going to be epic!"

Some more fun facts about this epic

Hey supporters, keep those words of support coming!

There’s a great bit of history around

Let's meet some of the cogs behind the GZ scene

Check out the new images from Day three now in the photo library showcasing areas of Fiordland most people never set foot in…

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

Picnics and feet airing at the abseil

Adam & Warren wax lyrical on Stage 3

An awesome race so far for Lincoln Reunion

Pacing to stay in front

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.

Keep yourself on the right of the black line

The lead Pursuit teams put on a good pace.

Another dark zone tonight will keep today moving

Free hanging abseil!

Frontrunners keep pushing

Alex Socci faves

The cogs behind the chaos of adventure racing

Melissa & Rachel's daily report

Who will make it?