Bruce Hopkins takes time out from walking Te Araroa to catch up with RNZ producer Justin Gregory.

Trail Diary by Justin Gregory, co-producer of The Long Way Home.

"For this latest episode, we've done something a bit different. Bruce is off Te Araroa - New Zealand's trail for a few days to go to his son's wedding and do a bit of personal admin, so we thought this would be a great opportunity to sit down in an RNZ studio and catch up.

"We crowd sourced some of the questions for this interview from the podcast's listeners and so what follows is a mix of my questions and yours. For the full interview, watch the video in this link.

"When Bruce arrives, it's immediately obvious that Te Araroa has changed him; he's skinny, a bit agitated at being indoors and has a gaze that looks past you into the far, far distance."

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details