Barrier Flashbacks

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

This vivid account from 1971 captures the enchanting yet daunting journey of a new schoolteacher and his family to Great Barrier Island. From the bustling departure at Mechanics Bay to their introduction to island life at Tryphena, the narrative provides…