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I’m sitting on the veranda of what was once the villa homestead on a 400-acre farm running down to the beach at Mulberry Grove, near where the ferry arrives. Derek Bell bought it on a sub-divided acre in 2005, then … Read More

Finding Calm in an Uncertain world with The Useful Psychologist Sara Johal How do we find calm in an uncertain world? Sarb calls himself the Useful Psychologist, with a new book Finding Calm on managing fear and anxiety. He’s a … Read More

Money & Happiness, with Financial Agony Aunt – Mary Holm How much money do we really need? Will more make you happy? NZ’s best known financial Agony Aunt will share the most unusual, inspiring, sad, angry and funny letters she … Read More

“My goodness, what a beautiful group of women,” says Anne Kernohan of the island’s Aotea Yoga Collective. When former island yoga teacher Julie Stansfield offered to sell her practice just over a year ago, six yoginis (female master yoga practitioners) … Read More

Who was Great Barrier’s first surfer? Tryphena resident and retired island chemist Mike Gardiner can claim that title. He first visited the island in 1957 fresh out of school and camped in a cave near the mouth of Kaitoke River, … Read More

From the deck of the Aotea Track’s Mt Heale (Matāwhero) Hut the vista at twilight is awe-inspiring. It faces west towards Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island. To the left is the distant glow of Auckland. Ecologically, Aotea Great Barrier … Read More

Recently I watched a near total eclipse of the moon. I watched it from the bush clearing that surrounds my house. The moon rose above the ridge about 9.30pm. There were faint wispy clouds in the night sky. Through binoculars … Read More

Please note for Summer 2021/22 Great Barrier Lodge will be open for Fuel, Boat supplies, Dive refills, Bait & Ice and Small Shop open this summer. Please note the restaurant and bar are now close and the lodge is only … Read More