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The Long Way Home

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The 1000 Yard Stare

December 31, 2017 · 16 min

Bruce Hopkins takes time out from walking Te Araroa to catch up with RNZ producer Justin Gregory. Trail Diary by Justin Gregory, co-producer of The Long Way Home. "For this latest episode, we've done something a bit different. Bruce is…
I'll Be Home For Christmas

December 24, 2017 · 15 min

Bruce Hopkins beds down in a DOC Hut - in someone's backyard! Having leapfrogged over a rough section of Te Araroa: New Zealand's Trail, Bruce Hopkins walks into Palmerston North and stays at a DOC tramping hut - in someone's backyard. He…
Hop, Skip and Jump

December 18, 2017 · 16 min

Bruce Hopkins hunkers down in Te Kuiti and meets a couple with a fascinating tale to tell. Bruce hunkers down in Te Kuiti for a few days to recover from some health issues and stays with a couple who have a fascinating tale to tell…
High and Dry

December 11, 2017 · 16 min

Bruce has a brainwave - but it's a bit too late. There has been a huge response to our plea for help in finding Bruce's missing ashes but so far, they haven't turned up. Please keep looking! We appreciate it. Bruce has left Mercer and is…
Have You Seen My Father and Brother

December 4, 2017 · 16 min

On a rest day in Auckland, disaster strikes when Bruce loses something irreplaceable. Bruce has made it to Auckland but while on a rest day, disaster struck. The pouch containing the ashes of his brother and father have gone missing along…

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Take Two

November 27, 2017 · 16 min

After a frustrating injury break, Bruce Hopkins is back on the trail once more, beginning again from where he was forced to stop. Te Araroa - Take Two! Bruce Hopkins is back on the trail after a two-week injury break. He picks up where he…
Blue and Fortunate Water

November 19, 2017 · 16 min

While he recovers from injury, Bruce recalls a conversation with Te Araroa founder Geoff Chapple. It's been two weeks since Bruce Hopkins injured his left leg and had to come off Te Araroa - New Zealand's Trail. While he recovers, Bruce…
Bung

November 13, 2017 · 16 min

After an accident on the trail, The Long Way Home gets just that little bit longer for Bruce Hopkins. Bruce Hopkins' leg is bung. A nasty fall last week means he's off Te Araroa - New Zealand's Trail and is back home in Auckland…
Lost and Found

November 5, 2017 · 16 min

Bruce meets old friends and new on the trail south of Russell but an unexpected event puts the future in doubt. It's week three and Bruce Hopkins has fallen in love again with Te Araroa - New Zealand's Trail. But does the trail love him…
Four Forests in Four Days

October 30, 2017 · 17 min

Dreaming of ginger beer and ice cream, Bruce climbs the high hills of the Northland forests to get back to his old home in the Bay of Islands. Week two and the honeymoon is already over between Bruce Hopkins and New Zealand's trail Te…
90 Mile Beach

October 22, 2017 · 16 min

With a heavy pack and a lot of nerves, Bruce is underway, measuring the length of 90 Mile Beach and recalling dangerous days fishing off the Northland coast. Loaded down under way too heavy a pack and with no small amount of nerves, Bruce…
The Long Way Home

October 16, 2017 · 13 min

Whenua, whakapapa, whanau. Bruce Hopkins walks Te Araroa to take his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. Bruce Hopkins has a plan. For the next five months, he wants to walk the length of New Zealand, from Cape Reinga…

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About the show

Bruce Hopkins takes his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. But he’s taking the long way there; walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa trail.