‘I carry the spirits of my brothers’: Why an NZ Army veteran walked 3200km to Cape Rēinga

Senior writer·NZ Herald·31 Aug, 2026 03:00 AM6 mins to read‌Shane Anderson finished his 3200km walk with about 40 supporters from the length of the country. Among them were nieces Riley Anderson (7) and Mila Gujarati (7). Missy, in the foreground, walked the journey with Anderson. The group were shadowed by a safety vehicle for the final stretch of the walk. When Shane Anderson left Bluff, he expected to spend six months walking and sorting out his own head. By the time he reached Cape Rēinga, the former soldier had found he wasn’t doing it alone. David Fisher was there and reports on the final steps of what Anderson called the