A Healing Island
Aotea rongoā practioner Phoebe Ngawaka, herbalist Fleur Winger and pou for Te Ao Haurongo Char Ngawaka Visitors drawn to the…
Author: Lucy
The Wingman Returns
It takes a lot of blood sweat and tears to create Aotea’s big day out. The island’s Wingman Festival returns…
A Guide to Aotea’s Nightlife
Aotea’s nightlife is remarkable. I’m not talking Thursday open mike nights at the Currach, the sets by local DJs at…
Signs and waves
Signs say a lot about place. When I return to Auckland after a long spell on the island, I’m aware…
Living by grace
Micky was hitchhiking from the airport. She told me she hoped to pick up work in bar or restaurant and…
A time and place for rāhui
Visitors to the West Coast bays of Aotea may have noticed they have company. Carved figures or pou appeared shortly…
Artistic Expression
Port Chalmers-based, Ireland-born writer Majella Cullinane spent nine weeks in a one-room log cabin on Aotea as part of a…
Passion Projects
I’m sitting on the veranda of what was once the villa homestead on a 400-acre farm running down to the…
Beautiful women – the Yoginis of Aotea
“My goodness, what a beautiful group of women,” says Anne Kernohan of the island’s Aotea Yoga Collective. When former island…
How Barrier surfing became cool
Who was Great Barrier’s first surfer? Tryphena resident and retired island chemist Mike Gardiner can claim that title. He first…
