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As a passionate hunter I love exploring our backcountryâso much country, so little time!
The backcountryâits huts and tracksâare our inheritance.
For me, the places where I first took my kids on an overnight tramp, and where they shot their first deer or chamois, are ingrained into my character and our family’s folklore. Itâs a legacy I want my grandkids and their grandkids to have.
Iâm also one of the lucky DOC staff working with the New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Consortium, who are keen to look after and maintain New Zealandâs backcountry facilities.
The consortium is a partnership between the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association and Trail Fund NZ.
My heroes are the people that go on major missions, who use these places and then choose, in their spare time, to put something back.
This isnât about DOC shedding its responsibilities to look after backcountry huts, this is about doing more and looking after the places where many of us spend our holidays and weekends and enrich our lives.
So, if youâre a tramper, hunter, mountain biker, 4WDer, horse rider, caver, kayaker, mountaineer or more, and want to find out what weâre up to come check out the New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Consortium website.