MY sister Jack Faulkener lives in new Zealand and is very sporty and is into the Great Outdoors.

She is also doing the Te Araroa Trail this year, which is the length of New Zealand, around 1800 miles long.

This is going to take five months to complete and she started in November.

Jack has allowed me to fundraise from the hike and I want to do this for Abuse Survivor Support Groups and others.

In order to do this we need to raise the profile of the hike, making as many people as possible aware of it.

I would therefore like to ask the Times readers to link to the hike and show their support.

The link is https://www.facebook.com/hasfeetwillwalk/

As the walk is nearly 2000 miles long I would like 2000 likes if possible.

Te Araroa is New Zealand's Trail - taking in spectacular New Zealand landscapes from beaches to volcanoes to forests to cities.

The 3000km route, stretching from Cape Reinga in the North of New Zealand to Bluff in the South was officially opened December 3rd, 2011 by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Te Araroa is the greatest New Zealand adventure there is - and should be on every Kiwi's bucket list.

Walk it all, walk it in your lifetime, walk New Zealand - walk Te Araroa!

Long distance tramping in New Zealand can be challenging. The land is rugged.

The weather is changeable. Rivers rise and can trap you. The North Island has dense forest – they call it bush.

What’s called hiking in the northern hemisphere is called tramping here for good reason – it’s slower and requires more strength. Average tramping speed along North Island forest tracks is 2.5km/h. South Island tramping is generally more open but is higher altitude and unforgiving to the badly prepared.

New Zealand’s rugged landscape and changeable weather mean you can get into trouble very quickly. If you were forced into a wilderness survival situation with limited to no equipment available could you survive?

So it is a real challenge.

PHYLLIS ROBERTSON,

Rae Street,

Cowdenbeath.