Cairns keeps hitting the road

Chris Cairns is still walking in his effort to raise rail safety awareness, registering more than 30km a day. Britton Broun, writing in the Dominion Post, catches up with Cairns, whose sister Louise died in a train accident in 1993.

Since then, safety has become a "personal crusade" for Cairns, who established a foundation to teach school pupils of the dangers at New Zealand's often-unmarked rail crossings. The charity walk began in Auckland three weeks ago and Cairns has been walking every day, clocking up 635km so far. He faces a further 366km walk to the site of his sister's death.