30 Aug 2025

Aotearoa Light: A lifetime exploring our backyard

From Saturday Morning, 10:25 am on 30 August 2025
Mitre in the Tararua Ranges. Jan 2021.

Mitre in the Tararua Ranges. Jan 2021. Photo: PETER LAURENSON

Photographer, tramper and occasional climber Peter Laurenson has spent three decades documenting his outdoor adventures which now make up a new book called Aotearoa Light.

A celebration of the beauty of our backyard, Peter tells Susie why it's also a reminder that we need to protect it.  

Peter Laurenson

Photo: Bateman Books