Kennedy Warne 26/2 | A Gallery from Nine To Noon | RNZ National

Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne has been travelling around the country for the past 10 days, visiting the geographic centre of the North Island and the geographic centre of the South Island.

Obelisk at the centre of the North Island, in Pureroa Forest, west of Lake Taupo.

One side of the obelisk gives credit to the person who decided on the location.

The other side tells how he did it.

Balancing the South Island on a pin.

Locating the centre point on a map.

Matagouri bush at the centre of the South Island, on a drizzly day at Lake Tekapo.

Three riders of Tour Aotearoa, a self-supporting ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff, passing the geographic centre of the North Island.

Frankie Sanders inflating double packraft using an airbag.

Final pressurising of the raft.

Jethro Robinson in a one-person packraft near Albert Town.

Frankie Sanders in the double packraft she will use in the Godzone adventure race.

Clutha River/Mata-au from Luggate-Tarras Road.

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