Married 62 years

This is Jack and Ruth as I tracked them down at Te Puke in 1985. Their first-hand recollections and photographs helped to bring back to life this Kauaeranga Kauri story. The fact that Ruth was a great cook had little influence on my decisions to visit them many times. In 2004 DOC gave Ruth a helicopter ride back into the ranges to the bush camp where she started work aged 11.