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In this episode of the Journeys series, Peter Hayden travels west to east across two national parks and some of New Zealand's most sublime landscapes: from giant, ancient kahikatea forest to hotpools and creaking glaciers. Reflections by ecologist Geoff Park (author of Ngā Uruora) on the coast-to-mountains forest, and the exploits of early surveyor Charlie 'Explorer' Douglas are woven through Hayden's journey, ending with Hayden's personal highlight of the series: climbing Hochstetter Dome with the legendary mountaineer (and Edmund Hillary mentor) Harry Ayres.
Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park on the Department of Conservation website
Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the Department of Conservation website
Te Ara article on early explorer Charles Douglas
Memories of late author Geoff Park, Environmental History website, December 2009
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography profile of mountaineer Harry Ayres
