Elana Connor planned to sail around the globe.

Instead, she found herself stranded in New Zealand as Covid-19 swept the world, beating her to the task.

The forced layover has not curbed her sense of adventure - or the former foster child's sense of charity.

She is about to being the final leg of her ‘figure eight’ sailing around New Zealand to help youth in fostercare.

Elana told Francesca Rudkin while it wasn’t her intention to stay in Aotearoa this long, she is feels she has had a unique look at the country.

“It’s been incredible to see the country in this way, by water, to see parts of the country that I bet people never get to see and to meet people from all over.”

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