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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

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Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed for an 18-month rebuild. The project…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm, in Port Fitzroy. A group of wāhine from…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate Genevieve Sage pledging to lower the cost of…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed for an 18-month rebuild. The project marks the return of a vital gateway for passengers, freight,…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm, in Port Fitzroy. A group of wāhine from the north—led by former island nurse and original organiser Adele…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate Genevieve Sage pledging to lower the cost of ferry access if she is elected to Auckland Council. Sage,…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed for an 18-month rebuild. The project marks the return of a vital gateway for passengers, freight,…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm, in Port Fitzroy. A group of wāhine from the north—led by former island nurse and original organiser Adele…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate Genevieve Sage pledging to lower the cost of ferry access if she is elected to Auckland Council. Sage,…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed for an 18-month rebuild.…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after being closed for an 18-month rebuild. The project marks the return of a vital gateway for passengers, freight,…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm, in Port Fitzroy. A group of wāhine from…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate Genevieve Sage pledging to lower the cost of…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm,…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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An adult black petrel cruises over the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / Dan Burgin / WMIL

Thirty Years on Hirakimata: What We’ve Learned About the Black Petrel

A new report released this month marks 30 years of black petrel monitoring on Great Barrier Island, the only place in the…

Community News

Island Gin up for People’s Choice at Business Awards

Island Gin, the boutique distillery run entirely off-grid on Aotea (Great Barrier Island), has been named a finalist in the People’s Choice…

Photo /Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND - Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Ecology - Aotea Green

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Photo / Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND

Culture - Aotea Green

Why has trust in news fallen? The answer is more complicated than we thought

By Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology and Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology We live in an age of declining trust…

Chatham Islands. Photo / Flickr / Ville Miettinen

Ecology - Aotea Green

How the discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu)

Photo / Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND

Tech - Aotea Green

Volkswagen to charge to unlock your own EV’s power

Volkswagen has sunk to a new low. The once-mighty carmaker, now battered by collapsing profits, soaring energy costs and a string of…

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Culture - Aotea Green

Tourist trap: why charging entry fees at iconic NZ natural attractions could have hidden costs

By Stephen Espiner, Lincoln University, New Zealand Recent calls from sections of the tourism industry to cut the international visitor levy (IVL) risk undermining one of the few…

Fenella Christian, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Fenella Christian

I have lived on the island in Schooner Bay for 46 years with my husband, Peter Edmonds. We brought up three daughters…

Neil Sanderson, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Neil Sanderson

Hello there, I’m Neil Sanderson and I am standing for election for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board. For seven generations…

Chris Ollivier, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Christopher Ollivier

I came to live on Aotea in 2006, having sailed to it many times in the 80s onboard the Spirit of Adventure.…

Local Board Candidate

Ryan Daly

This candidate has not yet provided a profile or position statement.

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Culture - Aotea Green

Tourist trap: why charging entry fees at iconic NZ natural attractions could have hidden costs

By Stephen Espiner, Lincoln University, New Zealand Recent calls from sections of the tourism industry to cut the international visitor levy (IVL) risk undermining…

Fenella Christian, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Fenella Christian

I have lived on the island in Schooner Bay for 46 years with my husband, Peter Edmonds. We brought up three daughters…

Neil Sanderson, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Neil Sanderson

Hello there, I’m Neil Sanderson and I am standing for election for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board. For seven generations…

Chris Ollivier, candidate for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board election

Local Board Candidate

Christopher Ollivier

I came to live on Aotea in 2006, having sailed to it many times in the 80s onboard the Spirit of Adventure.…

Local Board Candidate

Ryan Daly

This candidate has not yet provided a profile or position statement.

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Red Helicopter against a blue sky. Isaac benhesed / Unsplashed

Community News

Bid launched to outlaw private helipads in residential areas

Auckland councillors will soon consider a move to ban private helipads in residential areas across Auckland, including Aotea / Great Barrier Island and Waiheke. Waitematā and Gulf councillor Mike Lee, whose ward covers the entire Hauraki Gulf, is bringing two…

Community News

Barrier Poised for Luxury Cruise Boost

Great Barrier will be promoted to international visitors as part of a luxury cruise land program this summer, as cruise operator Oceania…

Photo / Sunergise, Aotea Great Barrier Island Local Board.

Tech - Aotea Green

Barrier EV Dream: Can Solar Power Save Our Wallets

This article first appeared on aoteagbi.news on February 9, 2024.

Environment - Aotea Green

Navy divers neutralise Second World War mines in Hauraki Gulf

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) divers have safely disposed of Second World War-era mines recently discovered on the seafloor near Auckland. The…

Photo / James Wheeler / CC

Ecology - Aotea Green

New Zealand fisheries among world’s most sustainable, but critics say more could be done

A United Nations report has ranked New Zealand’s fisheries among the most sustainable on the planet, crediting decades of management and the…

Photo / Frank Starmer

Ecology - Aotea Green

Duck That: The Predator-Free Grift Gears Up for Aotea

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Barrier Homeowners Face Rates Hike as Values Soar

While mainland Auckland property values plummeted, homeowners on picturesque Great Barrier Island are about to be slammed from a staggering 38% average…

Community News

Dolphins Join Surfers at Sunset in Magical Medlands Moment

Video footage of five dolphins riding the waves with a group of surfers at Medlands Beach has captured hearts online—offering a moment of magic as the sun set behind the island’s hills, Monday. The scene unfolded with the brilliant yellow…

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An adult black petrel cruises over the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / Dan Burgin / WMIL

Thirty Years on Hirakimata: What We’ve Learned About the Black Petrel

A new report released this month marks 30 years of black petrel monitoring on Great Barrier Island, the only place in the…

Community News

Island Gin up for People’s Choice at Business Awards

Island Gin, the boutique distillery run entirely off-grid on Aotea (Great Barrier Island), has been named a finalist in the People’s Choice…

Photo /Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND - Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Ecology - Aotea Green

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Photo / Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND

Culture - Aotea Green

Why has trust in news fallen? The answer is more complicated than we thought

By Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology and Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology We live in an age of declining trust…

Chatham Islands. Photo / Flickr / Ville Miettinen

Ecology - Aotea Green

How the discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu)

Photo / Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND

Tech - Aotea Green

Volkswagen to charge to unlock your own EV’s power

Volkswagen has sunk to a new low. The once-mighty carmaker, now battered by collapsing profits, soaring energy costs and a string of…

Masonry Flow - 2 Columns - Page 20

New hardwood benches sit beneath a steel-framed canopy at Tryphena Wharf, giving passengers shelter while they wait for ferries or collect freight.

Community News

Tryphena Wharf reopens after $8.3m rebuild

Great Barrier Islanders are welcoming the reopening of Tryphena Wharf, the island’s busiest port, which came back into service last week after…

Crowds once packed Port Fitzroy for the Mussel Fest, with stalls serving half a tonne of kūtai and the old Jet Raider ferry delivering day-trippers direct from Auckland.

Community News

Mussel festival makes a summer comeback to Port Fitzroy

The island’s much-loved mussel festival is back on the calendar, with a refreshed, family-friendly format set for Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am–7pm,…

Genevieve Sage, Candidate for Waitematā Local Board & Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor

Community News

Council candidate pledges cheaper ferry access for Great Barrier Island

The spiralling cost of travelling to Great Barrier Island and Waiheke has become an election issue, with Waitematā and Gulf ward candidate…

Community News

Island Updates: Events, Jobs, Fundraisers, and Notices from Across Aotea

A couple of horses were spotted walking down Shoal Bay Road toward Mulberry Grove, prompting amused comments from locals.

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An adult black petrel cruises over the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / Dan Burgin / WMIL

Thirty Years on Hirakimata: What We’ve Learned About the Black Petrel

A new report released this month marks 30 years of black petrel monitoring on Great Barrier Island, the only place in the…

Community News

Island Gin up for People’s Choice at Business Awards

Island Gin, the boutique distillery run entirely off-grid on Aotea (Great Barrier Island), has been named a finalist in the People’s Choice…

Photo /Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND - Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Ecology - Aotea Green

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

Photo / Juli Gaviraghi Mussoi, CC BY-NC-ND

Culture - Aotea Green

Why has trust in news fallen? The answer is more complicated than we thought

By Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology and Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology We live in an age of declining trust…

Chatham Islands. Photo / Flickr / Ville Miettinen

Ecology - Aotea Green

How the discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the Chatham Islands (Rēkohu)

Photo / Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND

Tech - Aotea Green

Volkswagen to charge to unlock your own EV’s power

Volkswagen has sunk to a new low. The once-mighty carmaker, now battered by collapsing profits, soaring energy costs and a string of…

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