'Loving it': children walk from one end of New Zealand to the other

Jonathan Rapsey, six, and Elizabeth, nine, tackle trek with parents to become youngest to walk Te Araroa trail

Two children are on track to become the youngest to walk the national trail running the length of New Zealand, having completed the entire North Island a few days before Christmas.

Jonathan, six, and Elizabeth, nine, have walked more than 1,200km (745 miles) since October when they set out with their parents, Chris and Jorinde Rapsey, from Cape Reinga at the tip of the North Island.

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