NZ’s sacred summits. Please don’t stand on my head – a guide for climbers

Climbers stopped just short of the summit of Taranaki

NZ’s sacred summits. Please don’t stand on my head – a guide for climbers. The summits of many NZ mountains are sacred to Māori. The Māori proverb, ‘If I should bow my head let it be to a high mountain’, sums this up. This story outlines why climbers should stop short of a summit = … Read more