Surviving the New Zealand wilderness with Miriam Lancewood

Miriam Lancewood has spent the better part of the last decade living deep in the New Zealand wilderness - hunting wild animals, foraging edible plants and living a nomadic lifestyle with her husband Peter.

What started as a year-long adventure to see if they could survive off the land, soon turned into their new way of life - isolated, connected to nature and, most of all, happy. Without any technology - no mobile phone, GPS or even watch - they were able to find a true sense of freedom moving through the dense bush and rugged mountain ranges of the region.

Miriam is the hunter of the pair and Peter is the cook. Miriam first learned to hunt with a bow and arrow before using a rifle to hunt to feed themselves during the bitterly cold winters.

Miriam is in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, November 1-11, 2019, to talk about her memoir Woman in the Wilderness and about her time in the wilds of New Zealand.