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Venus and Starlink Satellites. Photo / Mike Lewinski / Creative Commons

Technology

Starlink slashes satellite internet hardware price from $1000 to under $200

Great Barrier Island, New Zealand – Starlink, the satellite internet company founded by Elon Musk, has announced a major price reduction for its hardware in rural areas across New Zealand, including Great Barrier Island. The company has cut the price of…

Community News

Telephone Directory

Discover essential services on Great Barrier Island with our comprehensive Aotea Business Directory. Business missing? Email editor@aoteagbi.news

Photo from the blog of Lou Sanson, DOC Director-General

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Devastating Storm Obliterates New Zealand’s Oldest Kauri Dam

Photo from the blog of Lou Sanson, DOC Director-General. In the storm of Tuesday 10th June 2014, New Zealand’s biggest kauri dam, 110 years old, was destroyed. The storm was believed to be the biggest to hit the island in…

Crank Handles to Cell Towers: The Evolution of Great Barrier Island’s Telecom

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From Morse to Modern: Great Barrier Island’s Journey in Telecommunications

In 1908, when the crew on the ship Tutanekai laid a submarine cable from Port Charles to Tryphena, giving Aotea its first telegraph communication with the mainland, little did they realize that this basic link with its archaic system of…

Great Barrier Island Burns: Petra Bagust’s Emotional Frontline Account.

Barrier Flashbacks

From News Desk to Frontline: Petra Bagust Faces Great Barrier Fire Crisis

Just a month after she left our screens as the face of TVNZ’s Breakfast, Petra Bagust is at the forefront of the news again. But this time, she’s not reading it from behind a desk – she’s watching it unfold in…

Barrier Flashbacks

Gardening on the Edge: Self-Sufficiency on Great Barrier Island

Story by Jane Wrigglesworth, Photos: Sally Tagg, NZ Gardener With the nearest city 90km away, the intrepid gardeners of Great Barrier Island tackle isolation with imagination and innovation. It’s gorgeous, it’s tropical, and it’s just a short flight northeast of…

Cruising the Hauraki Gulf: Discover the Magic of Great Barrier Island

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There’s This Place: New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island

Reproduced with permission from the author Meryle Thomson, Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine - Yacht Fallado. Subject to copyright in its entirety.

Nikau leaves have been braided around the posts at the front door. The scalloped roof line is visible from the garden. Each locally crafted dining chair is unique.

Barrier Flashbacks

Beyond the Point of No Return: A Life of Solitude and Magic on Great Barrier Island

Nikau leaves have been braided around the posts at the front door. The scalloped roof line is visible from the garden. Each locally crafted dining chair is unique. Sue Hoffart meets a Great Barrier resident who has made the most…

Historic Premiere: ‘Flight of the Albatross’ Makes its Debut on Great Barrier Island

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From Gumboots to Glamour: ‘Flight of the Albatross’ Premieres on Great Barrier Island

On the 6th July 1996, the World Premiere of the movie ‘Flight of the Albatross’ was held in a large marquee erected in the playing field at Kaitoke School on Great Barrier Island. On the island for the occasion were…

A typical Barrier jetty. Tea-tree lasted well in salt water.

Barrier Flashbacks

A Trip to Great Barrier Island In 1932

"A Trip to Great Barrier Island In 1932," penned by Oliver Pipe, offers a captivating glimpse into a bygone era of adventure and natural wonder on Great Barrier Island. Originally published in the June 1977 issue of the Ohinemuri Regional…