James Shaw was great! I really like Chloe Swarbrick too, but I feel like Todd Mueller makes some good points about Shaw striving for consensus and working across the aisle. Hope the Greens can keep it after he's gone.
Walked up the North Branch of the Routeburn and came back along the tops - Nereus, Somnus, Momus yesterday. Took a solid 14 hours, with nearly 3500m of vert.