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Fundraising walker not put off by broken ankle

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AUCKLAND to Wellington fundraising walker Mike Butler vows "I shall return" as he lies in a Gisborne Hospital bed with a broken ankle, felled by a pine cone.

Mr Butler has walked through Asia, Europe, South America and completed a 2300-kilometre walk through the South Island five years ago, with little more than a sprained ankle in India that he treated with aspirin — until Monday.

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