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Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast
Explore New Zealand with Aotearoa Adventures - your ultimate guide to travel, adventure, and the outdoors. Each week, host Abigail Hannah brings you inspiring stories from everyday people, covering tramping, vanlife, bikepacking, road trips, and so much more. Get beginner tips and practical advice for every adventure, from camping under the stars to multi-week expeditions. Whether you’re a local, on a working holiday, or visiting, this podcast will inspire you to explore New Zealand deeper and…
Episodes
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast090: A Solo Kayak Circumnavigation of New Zealand Over 5800km with Red Paterson
Red Paterson set off on a solo kayak circumnavigation, even after many told her it would be "impossible." Instead of listening to the naysayers, Red decided…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast089: Skiing to the South Pole on a 50 Day Antarctic Expedition with Mike Dawson
Two-time canoe slalom Olympian, Mike Dawson, spent a lot of time outdoors as a child and has a deep love for whitewater. While kayaking expeditions are within…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast088: Waterfalls, Beaches, Geothermal Wonders and Other Hidden Gems in the North Island with Barbie Sharma
Barbie Sharma is multi-passionate and loves spending her weekends exploring local gems. Based in Auckland, we talk about some of the natural attractions that…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast087: Overlanding in New Zealand up the Godley and Havelock Valleys with Jack Laurent
Jack Laurent has travelled over 600,000 km in his Land Cruiser Prado, saying he has explored every corner of New Zealand. Based in Taranaki, his favourite…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast086: From Fly Fishing Guiding in New Zealand to Starting an Outdoor Gear Brand with Matt Butler
Matt Butler says he was born with an innate desire to fish, although his family wasn't outdoorsy. He started fishing in local Waikato rivers at age twelve and…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast085: Bikepacking as a Beginner and a Solo Trip from Christchurch to Queenstown with Katy Binchy
Katy Binchy is in New Zealand on a working holiday visa and decided this is the year to try new things and enjoy being in nature. Together with a friend, they…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast084: Low Carbon Adventures Around New Zealand on Foot, Bike and Public Transport with Shanti Mathias
Shanti Mathias is an Auckland-based journalist who is passionate about getting around without a car. Shanti also loves tramping and trail running, and uses…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast083: Finishing Te Araroa as a Family Two Years Later with Deanna Gerlach
Mother of three, Deanna Gerlach says the idea to walk Te Araroa was conceived during covid lockdowns, from their suburban home in Sydney. The family sold…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast082: Family Heli Trips to Chancellor Hut and Almer Hut with Hami Tangiora
Hami Tangiora lives on the West Coast and a recent annual family tradition is to catch a helicopter to remote back country huts to spend the night. While the…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast081: Ski-Touring and Camping on Tasman Glacier in a Storm with Helena Sodergren
Helena Sodergren is a multi-passionate adventurer and a scientist. From horse-riding to skiing to surfing to mountain biking, it really seems like she does it…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast080: Safety in the Outdoors and the Importance of Carrying a PLB with Katie Johnstone
Katie Johnstone's love for the outdoors started young and grew with her annual father-daughter tramping trips. After going on her first solo hike, she decided…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast079: Exploring the Trails in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park with Heather Marston
Heather Marston had a mantra that she would never visit the same place twice...but that was before she had been to Aoraki Mount Cook. From ski trips as a…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast078: The 10 Great Walks in 10 Days Challenge with Jordan Pratt
Jordan Pratt set himself a challenge that would test his physical and mental limits - 10 Great Walks in 10 days across the North and South Islands. The complex…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast077: Five Days, 85km on Abigail Hannah's First Solo Hike on the Old Ghost Road
Host Abigail Hannah set out to do the longest hike she'd ever done - solo! Abigail breaks down the how she decided to set out on the Old Ghost Road on her own…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast076: Two Weeks Tramping in the Kaweka Ranges as a 17 Year Old with Olly Dow
Olly Dow is 17 years old, based in Tauranga with a huge love for the outdoors. When he's not at school or on a weekend adventure, he's working at macpac or…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast075: A Ski-Packraft-Tramping Expedition from Mt Aspiring to Waiatoto with Nick Pascoe
Based in Wanaka, Nick Pascoe is surrounded by opportunities for adventure. Combining his passions, Nick had the idea to ski, packraft and tramp from Mt…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast074: The Frustration and Elation of Landscape Photography with Meghan Maloney
Meghan Maloney is an award-winning professional landscape photographer in New Zealand. Her work has let her travel all across New Zealand and she describes…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast073: Southland's Five Great Walks in Five Days with Simon Patton
Without being able to run a 5 km race, Simon Patton set the goal of walking five NZ Great Walks in just five days. Born and bred in Southland, Simon lived…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast072: White Water Kayaking and a Harrowing Accident with Ryan Lucas
Ryan Lucas remembers his first time in a kayak at 13 and soon he was hooked on the white water sport. With the Kaituna as his home river, Ryan spent all his…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast071: Travelling New Zealand in a Van and LOTR Filming Locations with Charlotte and James
As part of their travels around the globe, Charlotte and James opted to spend a year in New Zealand on a working holiday visa, taking advantage of flexible…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast070: Learning to Surf in New Zealand with Amber Holyoake
Amber Holyoake discovered her love for surfing in Portugal and found herself hooked to the sport from then onwards. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, she…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast069: Hitchhiking and New Zealand's Great Walks with Howie McFadyen
Howie McFadyen grew up in Christchurch and got interested in the outdoors through his Outdoor Ed classes at school. He shares about his attempt to hike all six…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel PodcastBONUS: 2023 Wrapped
Your annual wrap up with Abigail Hannah, looking back at 2023 and forward at 2024. In this episode Abigail covers: Introduction (00:00) Looking back at…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast068: An Epic Northland Road Trip and Vanlife with a Toddler with Renata Wiles
Renata Wiles shares about her first time experiencing vanlife in Northland as a family. Renata grew up in New Zealand but spent a couple years overseas before…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast067: Hiking and Trail Running in Mount Somers with Lauren Korstrom
Lauren Korstrom is an outdoor lover from Canada, who now lives in Methven, Canterbury. With Mount Somers in her back yard, Lauren has become quite passionate…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast066: Getting the Most out of Local Weekend Trips with Ashley Elliott
Ashley Elliott @littlekiwitravels shares about juggling a full-time job and making time for smaller local escapes on the weekends. She methodically plans each…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast065: Exploring the Skies, Paragliding in New Zealand with Josh and Caleb
We live in a time where we can fly and explore the skies - something our ancestors only dreamed of. Caleb Dearlove and Josh Townshend share their love for…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast064: West Coast Solo Road Trip and Kiwi Hospitality with Neha Paranjape
From Franz Josef to Karamea, Neha Paranjape did a solo road trip on the rugged, remote West Coast in her little hatchback. Her adventure included a glacier…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast063: Tramping the Canyon Creek Track as a Beginner with Debbie Cartwright
Debbie Cartwright has always had a deep love for the outdoors. She shares about how it took her 47 years to start tramping. Debbie's first overnight hike was…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast062: Hiking the Three Passes Route from Arthur's Pass to Hokitika with Pat Nolan
Pat Nolan grew up on the West Coast of New Zealand and describes his outdoorsy family. From a young age, he would accompany his father on deer hunting trips…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast061: Moving to New Zealand and Travelling with Photographer Scott Howes
Raised in London, Scott Howes was never an outdoorsy person until his late 20s. He moved to New Zealand on a working holiday visa at 30 years old, just before…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel PodcastBONUS: I Quit My Corporate Job
Aotearoa Adventures host, Abigail Hannah, shares her big life update - quitting her 9-5. While this may look like Day 1, Abigail pulls back the curtain on the…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast060: Unforgettable Experiences in New Zealand with First-Time Visitor Tracy Collins
Tracy Collins dreamed of visiting New Zealand for 50 years. She shares the highlights and unforgettable experiences of her whirlwind trip - with five days in…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast059: Two NZ Epics - Bicycle Circumnavigation and Packraft Traverse with Dunc Wilson
Dunc Wilson is the first person to have cycled the entire coastline of New Zealand. He set off from Mission Bay in an Auckland summer and circumnavigated the…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast058: Converting a Bus to Explore New Zealand with Warrick and Chené
Warrick and Chené have South African roots and visited New Zealand together in 2022. They fell in love with the South Island and decided they wanted to make it…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast057: A Healing Journey on Te Araroa Trail with Germaine
[TW: Sexual Abuse] Germaine shares her transformative journey on Te Araroa trail, after contemplating this adventures for years. She opted to only walk the…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast056: Vanlife, the East Cape and Life Done Differently with Lisa Jansen
Lisa Jansen moved to Aotearoa for a study-abroad semester and stayed. She wondered what life would look like if it wasn't a family focused or career focused…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast055: Hiking with Kids to Mt Brown and Mental Health with Renee Cadigan
The first hike Renee Cadigan did with her two boys was Mt Brown, a four hour hike which turned into seven. Following a head injury, Renee had a challenging…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast054: A Memorable Week on the Road from Kaikōura to Aoraki
Your host, Abigail Hannah, shares a whirlwind week-long roadtrip from Kaikōura to Aoraki with only three days of annual leave! It was a packed trip - from…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast053: An 85-Day Southern Alps Traverse with Penzy Dinsdale
The prep for Penzy Dinsdale's epic Southen Alps Traverse expedition started months in advance. She started mapping a route and included plans A, B, C and D for…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast052: Getting Outdoors, Walking and Wellbeing with Kaelyn Kingi
Kaelyn Kingi AKA @misswalkalot started walking after Covid-19. She found that she was sick of being "stuck" indoors all the time and decided that walking was…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast051: Bikepacking around the South Island with Rachel Davies
Rachel Davies first visited Aotearoa at seven years old and knew it was somewhere she wanted to return. When she moved to Wellington, she started out as a…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast050: Living and Travelling in a Caravan as a Family with Bronson and Chelsea
Bronson and Chelsea hit the road in their caravan with a toddler and 15 month old twins. They spent a year and a half exploring all that the South Island had…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast049: Tramping the Dusky Track in Fiordland with Sam Harrison
After waiting a while for the right weather window, Sam Harrison hiked the Dusky Track in Fiordland with a few mates. The 84 km, eleven day backcountry route…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast048: Eight Days in the Kaimai Mamaku Ranges with Jenifer Silva
Jenifer Silva was an outdoor adventure guide in her 20s, but hadn't done much tramping in over a decade. Wanting to get back into tramping, she set off on a…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast047: Downhill Mountain Biking in NZ with Laura Goldsworthy
Laura Goldsworthy started competitive mountain biking in her 20s, very "late" to the sport. While she always loved being outdoors, mountain biking wasn't…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast046: Routefinding and Bivvying on Mount Wakefield with Jinal Govind
Off the beaten track in Aoraki National Park is Mount Wakefield, between Hooker Valley and Tasman Valley. Jinal Govind shares his experience tackling the…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast045: The Underwater World and Scuba Diving with Annika Andresen
Often found underwater, Annika Andresen is a passionate scuba diver, whose love for the ocean began as a child, spending every summer living on a 30 ft yacht…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast044: A Spontaneous Solo Road Trip in a Station Wagon with Morgan Healey
Morgan Healey always wanted to do a vanlife trip, but didn't have a van and found that holding her back. Then she was inspired when she saw someone else do a…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast043: Thru-hiking the Te Araroa Trail with Zoe
The Te Araroa Trail stretches from Cape Reinga to Bluff and each summer, enthusiastic hikers like Zoe take on the thru-hiking challenge. She walked 3,026 km…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast042: From Corporate Hustle to Outdoor Social Enterprise with Robert Bruce
Robert Bruce founded Got to Get Out, a social enterprise adventure group based out of Auckland. After being made redundant from his own company, he had an…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast041: Growing Up in the Bush and Antarctica Expeditions with Chris Long
Chris Long had a unique upbringing, living remotely on the West Coast of the South Island, a two day walk from the nearest road. Chris shares the best parts of…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast040: Surfing and Skydiving in NZ with Cody and Callie Chase
Cody and Callie Chase met surfing and adventure in the outdoors has continued to be a constant in their lives, with Callie continuing to surf up to full term…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast039: Angelus Hut and Tramping Guiding with Dylan Arthur
Dylan Arthur's passion for the outdoors started on the Tongariro Northern Circuit, with borrowed gear and challenges that made his first multi-day journey…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast038: Drone Photography and Unique Rotorua Landscapes with Petra Leary
Hooked from her first flight, drone photographer Petra Leary shares her love for the art form. Her breathtaking compositions capture the symmetry and patterns…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast037: Camping at Earnslaw Burn and Gertrude Saddle with Lauren Murray
Lauren Murray grew up as a beach girl on Waiheke Island and now finds herself calling the mountains in Queenstown home. She shares about her first solo…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast036: The Ultimate New Zealand Road Trip with Dane and Stacey
When the pandemic closed New Zealand's borders, kiwi travel vloggers Dane and Stacey hired the largest campervan possible (a six berth) and travelled from…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast035: Summitting Mt Earnslaw and Mountaineering for Beginners with Wiktoria
Between hospital shifts, Dr Wiktoria and her partner filled their weekends with adventures around Southland. Her first alpining experience was a guided…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast034: NZ's Most Popular Walk - The Milford Track
Your host Abigail Hannah shares all the details on her most recent Great Walk adventure - a last minute trip to hike the Milford Track. She details what to…
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast033: A Human Powered Adventure Along the 45th Parallel Traverse with Tanya
Tanya set out on a unique 500 km journey, traversing the South Island from coast to coast along the following the circle of latitude that is 45 degrees south…