Ep 112 - When You Walk the Entire Length of a Country: A Journey on the Te Araroa Trail with Author Naomi Arnold

S1E112 - Ep 112 - When You Walk the Entire Length of a Country: A Journey on the Te Araroa Trail with Author Naomi Arnold

Published: January 12, 2026

Duration: 36:01

Naomi Arnold is a journalist, author, and the kind of person who decided to walk the entire length of New Zealand on the Te Araroa Trail. Because why not, right?

Naomi's sharing with Dawn and Ruth the whole messy, beautiful story: the trail conditions (spoiler: not always great), the personal fears she had to face, the environmental challenges that nearly broke her, and what it actually takes to put one foot in front of the other for months on end. All of this became her book Northbound, which is basically a masterclass in resilience and determination.

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