2025 was a big year of going gently and I can feel the positive impact that has had on every one of my cells. I am taking it one step at a time and want to thank you all for being a part of this incredible haerenga (journey). Now’s the time to keep showing up and delivering more of what lights me up in the hope that it lights up others as well.

A collection of diary entries over nine days in the Wapiti Area of Fiordland.

In 2023, my friend Anna and I decided to take a punt and enter the Wapiti Ballot for the following bugle. Unsure how successful we’d be, we drew Stillwater — 4th period. An amazing block with plenty of potential for good animals. Both reasonably novice hunters, we set the intention to survive Fiordland and see some animals. If we managed to shoot something, that would just be the ultimate bonus.

Britt Davies embodies the spirit of adventure and empowerment.

A passionate advocate for women in the outdoors and the female representative for the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation, Britt’s journey from North Island beach dweller and ocean lover to discovering a love for the vast wild places of the Southern Alps and Fiordland is equal parts inspiring and instructive.