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Knead Some New Skills? Take a Loaf at This Workshop

Do the enticing aromas of freshly baked bread wafting from your neighbor’s kitchen make your stomach rumble? Do store-bought loaves leave you yearning for something more flavorful and wholesome? Well, fret no more! Unleash your inner baker and join Grow…

More than 100 tonnes of caulerpa washed up in this Great Barrier Island Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo / Sid Ware / Ministry for Primary Industries

Environment & Ecology

Aotea Gets High-Tech Weapon to Fight Caulerpa

A new weapon is joining the fight against the invasive Caulerpa algae. The Aotea Caulerpa Response Team, MPI, the Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board and Auckland Council are teaming up to use suction dredges to remove Caulerpa from key locations. These…

Barrier Crowned New Zealand’s Best Island on Google Maps

Great Barrier Island has been crowned New Zealand’s best island according to Google Maps. The motu has received a whopping 4.9-star rating from 141 reviews, beating out other popular destinations like Waiheke Island (4.7 stars with 440 votes) and Stewart…

Technology

Apple Pulls Controversial iPad Pro Ad

Apple’s latest ad campaign for the iPad Pro has backfired in spectacular fashion, leaving the tech giant with egg (or perhaps paint) on its face. The controversial ad, which features a hydraulic press ruthlessly pulverizing everything from paintbrushes to pianos,…