Putting on a show
Aotea Live organiser Roger O’Shannessy and Robyn Grice in their round kitchen There’s plenty of days when Aotea shines, but…
Category: Island Stories
A Healing Island
Aotea rongoā practioner Phoebe Ngawaka, herbalist Fleur Winger and pou for Te Ao Haurongo Char Ngawaka Visitors drawn to the…
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…
