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Good Sorts: DOC ranger's Routeburn devotion

June 5, 2022

Evan Smith has spent two decades working on the track when he noticed something was seriously wrong. (Source: 1News)

Over ten years DOC ranger Evan Smith has raised $200,000 to fund the laying of more than 700 traps along Fiordland National Park's Routeburn Track.

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