Kennedy Warne on mountain walking and story-telling | A Gallery from Nine To Noon | RNZ National

Kennedy Warne shares photos of his recent icy ramble in Southland's Takitimu Mountains.

Spence Burn, in the Takitimu Mountains.

Moss-fringed track to Spence Hut.

Spence Hut, a former deer-cullers two-bunk hut.

Mist rising through beech forest on a frosty morning.

Spence Burn viewed through beech forest.

Ice-rimed beech leaves.

Needle ice after overnight freeze.

Waterloo Burn on a frosty morning.

Walking on needle ice.

Tree-shaped lichen on rock.

Near the summit of North Braxton, cloud-covered Lake Te Anau in distance.

Southland Plains viewed from North Braxton.

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