25 Oct 2025

These little boots are made for walking - the whole of NZ

From Saturday Morning, 11:19 am on 25 October 2025
Emilie and Victoria Bruce.

Photo: Victoria Bruce

Emilie Walks Te Araroa

Photo: Potton & Burton

Seven years old at the time she walked the entire Te Araroa trail, Emilie Bruce, along with mum Victoria, did the 3-thousand-kilometre walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff over six months.

Emilie is eleven now. She's put together a book - with her mum - to inspire other kids to get out in the wild. Emilie Walks Te Araroa tells her story based on diaries she kept on the trail.