After a quiet spell last year, live entertainment is roaring back onto Aotea this summer! We caught up with organisers Ben Gill and Mel Jacka of Pizzazz Music about the incredible run of gigs they are putting on throughout December…

Port Fitzroy is welcoming a new generation to its waters this summer with the launch of the island’s first-ever kids sailing club. Spearheaded by local Brad Carde, the club will offer sailing lessons for children, with the long-term goal of…

Braxton Sorensen-McGee (Ngātiwai), who whakapapas to Aotea through grandfather Robert McGee, has capped her breakout year by collecting two major honours at the New Zealand Rugby Awards, shortly after being named World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year.…

A newly sworn-in member of the Great Barrier Local Board is quietly exploring a new freight service to the island, potentially challenging SeaLink’s long-standing monopoly. Sources say the member has identified a vessel and is meeting with investors, aiming to…

The mother of 13 lived on Great Barrier Island and did exquisite watercolour paintings of native plants in the early 1900s.