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Aotea's Coast Braces for Incoming Storm. Photo / AoteaGBI.news FILE

Community News

Aotea Braces for Severe Weather

Residents should prepare for a period of heavy rain and potential thunderstorms starting this afternoon. The MetService has issued a Heavy Rain Watch for Great Barrier Island, in addition to Auckland, from 9 PM on Monday, 20 May, until 6…

Pro-plastic ads near the Ottawa, Ontario, convention center where the United Nations plastics treaty negotiations took place. Photo / James Park for ProPublica

Environment & Ecology

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s ‘Plastic Free’ Conference

Pro-plastic ads near the Ottawa, Ontario, convention center where the United Nations plastics treaty negotiations took place. Photo / James Park for ProPublica by Lisa Song, ProPublica When I registered to attend last month’s United Nations conference in Canada, organizers…

Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Photo / CC

Politics

AUKUS Indecision: Confusion or Caution?

By Robert G. Patman, University of Otago New Zealand governments have been actively exploring the option of joining pillar two of AUKUS for over a year now. But according to foreign minister Winston Peters, the government is “a long way…

Six60 greeted by excited fans at Claris Airport on Aotea. The adventure begins! Photo / Instagram

Community News

Six60 Takes Aotea By Storm and Loves Every Minute!

Six60 has well and truly landed on Great Barrier Island, and by the looks of it, they’re having an epic time! The popular Kiwi band arrived yesterday, documenting their journey on Instagram for their nearly 300,000 followers. Their adventure began…

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Scientists have discovered never-before-seen deep reefs in the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / DoC / Supplied

Environment & Ecology

Mapping the Mysteries of the Hauraki Gulf

Scientists from the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington have undertaken an ambitious project to map some…

Community Spirit: The Aotea Growers & Makers Market at Claris Centre, a showcase of Great Barrier Island's finest local produce, crafts, and culinary delights. Photo / Manaaki Media

IsleStyle

Aotea Pride: Growers & Makers Market Showcases Local Splendor

Community Spirit: The Aotea Growers & Makers Market at Claris Centre, a showcase of Great Barrier Island’s finest local produce, crafts, and…

Freshly exposed bedrock at the terminus of Brewster Glacier in March 2023. Andrew Lorrey, CC BY-SA

Environment & Ecology

Frozen in time: old paintings and new photographs reveal some NZ glaciers may soon be extinct

By Andrew Lorrey, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; George Hook, Canterbury Museum; Lauren Vargo, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University…