Mr Harvey Hammersley (left), aged 63, receives the first donation on his journey around the South Island on foot. Mr Hal Talpey, from Astrolab in Hornby, gave Mr Hammersley $l00. All money from his walk goes towards the R.N.Z.A.F. museum at Wigram. Mr Hammersley set out with his small trailer at 9 a.m. yesterday and hopes to walk clockwise around the South Island in about three months. He will cover more than 2000 kilometres. This is Mr Hammersley’s second long-distance walk. He -completed the North Cape-to-Bluff walk in 1983.
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89Mr Harvey Hammersley (left), aged 63, receives the first donation on his journey around the South Island on foot. Mr Hal Talpey, from Astrolab in Hornby, gave Mr Hammersley $l00. All money from his walk goes towards the R.N.Z.A.F. museum at Wigram. Mr Hammersley set out with his small trailer at 9 a.m. yesterday and hopes to walk clockwise around the South Island in about three months. He will cover more than 2000 kilometres. This is Mr Hammersley’s second long-distance walk. He -completed the North Cape-to-Bluff walk in 1983. Press, 3 September 1986, Page 2
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