'New Perspective on Life': Alone: Australia's First Kiwi Winner on What Got Him Through

'New perspective on life': Alone: Australia's first Kiwi winner on what got him through

After 76 days in the brutal Tasmanian wilderness, Eastern Bay of Plenty trapper Shay Williamson is now A$250,000 ($270,000) richer, claiming the coveted...

76 days, 1100 worms, 25% body weight down - the first Kiwi to take out Alone

Meet the Bay of Plenty possum-trapper who's just become the first Kiwi to win a season of hit survival show Alone.

76 days, 1100 worms, 25 percent body weight down - the first Kiwi to take out Alone

Meet the Bay of Plenty possum-trapper who's just become the first Kiwi to take out a season of the hit survival show.

76 days, 1100 worms, 25% body weight down: the first Kiwi to take out Alone

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Kate Newton of RNZ On a pouring night, days since his last meal, Shay Williamson stepped out of his tarpaulin teepee somewhere in the Tasmanian wilds, and caught a pademelon – a small, wallaby-like marsupial – with his bare hands. It would have been unbelievable if he didn’t capture the entire thing on camera, as part of his winning turn on the third season of hit reality survival show Alone Australia. The Bay of Plent…