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Keep stock off our rivers, please! On a "Great Walk", and on a river that was granted personhood, this really isn't a good look. Whanganui River, Taumarunui.

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Keep stock off our rivers, please! On a "Great Walk", and on a river that was granted personhood, this really isn't a good look. Whanganui River, Taumarunui.

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Winter mosquito (Aedes antipodeus). Poukaria campsite, Whanganui River.

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From Aedes antipodeus - Winter mosquito

Poukaria campsite, Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapapa Campsite.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Packrafting the Whanganui River. Mangapurua Landing.

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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui National Park.

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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui National Park.

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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui National Park.

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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui National Park.

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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui National Park.

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Tīeke Kāinga, Whanganui River.

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Tīeke Kāinga, Whanganui River.

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Puketotara Hut, Matemateāonga Range. Whanganui National Park.

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Puketotara Hut, Matemateāonga Range. Whanganui National Park.

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Puketotara Hut, Matemateāonga Range. Whanganui National Park.

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Puketotara Hut, Matemateāonga Range. Whanganui National Park.

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Puketotara Hut, Matemateāonga Range. Whanganui National Park.

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Looper moth (Chalastra aristarcha). Puketotara Hut, Matemateaonga Range.

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From Chalastra aristarcha

Cave wētā / tokoriro (Pachyrhamma longicaudum) male. Puketotara Hut, Matemateaonga Range.

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From Pachyrhamma longicaudum