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From finding people to finding solutions

Published 30 August 2016

A few years ago, Rod Smillie found himself sharing a hut deep in Whanganui National Park with a couple of Israeli secret service officers who had come to New Zealand for a holiday.

The men talked about the situation in Israel. One of the officers had a PhD in nuclear physics. “When you're stuck in a hut in the middle of nowhere, the only thing you can do is talk. You meet some amazing people,â€