Walking the length of the country for six months brought a Dunedin family closer while also healing from a traumatic loss.
Since October 5 last year, the Henwood family — parents Tania and Jason and siblings Briar (12) and Nikita (10) have been walking along the Te Araroa track — to reconnect as family and honour the memory of Tania’s mum Wendy Fraser who was a keen walker.
Mrs Fraser died in 2019 after a harrowing 17 hours in Dunedin Hospital following a pulmonary embolism.