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Barrier Homeowners Face Brutal 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 increase in their Capital Values (CVs) – the…

Barrier Bach Wins Top Honours at 2025 Architecture Awards

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Bed Tax or Burden? Auckland Plan Raises Eyebrows

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Bed Tax or Burden? Auckland Plan Raises Eyebrows

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is doubling down on his push for a regional bed tax, saying a majority of residents support the…

Indy Yelich — poet, songwriter, and younger sister of Lorde — is carving out her own sound with quietly powerful tracks like Sail Away. Photo / Supplied

Bush Tracks: Indy Yelich – Sail Away

We’re addicted. Lorde’s sister Indy Yelich has released a track we can’t get out of our heads — Sail Away is subdued,…

The Auckland Council service centre and local board office in Claris—hub of local decision-making on Great Barrier Island. Photo / Auckland Council

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Thinking of Running? Local Board Candidate Info Sessions Announced for Great Barrier Island

The Auckland Council service centre and local board office in Claris—hub of local decision-making on Great Barrier Island. Photo / Auckland Council

A takahē and a tuatara have been filmed engaging in a bush-floor stoush in a new video captured by a quick-thinking DOC Ranger. Photo / DoC

Bush Battle on Tiritiri: Tuatara and Takahē Caught in Wild Scrap

They’re both rare, prehistoric-looking icons of the New Zealand bush. But it turns out even the nation’s most protected species aren’t above…

Editorial: Kawau Island’s Poison Plan — Conservation or Chemical Catastrophe?

A new proposal could make Kawau Island the most chemically saturated inhabited island in New Zealand history. From June 2025 to April…

This bright-green invasive caulerpa seaweed is smothering the delicate marine ecosystem on Great Barrier Island. Photo / Glenn Edney

Invasive Caulerpa Seaweed Detected Off Little Barrier Island

Patches of the invasive seaweed Exotic Caulerpa have been discovered at three locations off the northeast coast of Little Barrier Island, prompting…

Environment

DOC denies 1080 plans for Aotea despite growing concern in community

The Department of Conservation has denied that any 1080 drop is currently planned or scheduled for Aotea / Great Barrier Island, following…

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

Caulerpa Spread Risks Billions – Report

By Susan Botting, Local Democracy Reporter, NZME

Barrier Air has introduced a $228 return flight voucher between Auckland and Great Barrier Island, available until Sunday, February 18, and valid for 12 months from date of purchase.

Community News

Barrier Air Launches Winter Sale with Fares from $64

Barrier Air has launched a major winter sale, slashing fares to as low as $64 across all its routes — a sharp…

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PROPERTY PULSE

Barrier Homeowners Face Brutal Rates Hike as Values Soar

Barrier Bach Wins Top Honours at 2025 Architecture Awards

Bed Tax or Burden? Auckland Plan Raises Eyebrows

More news - Page 5

Bed Tax or Burden? Auckland Plan Raises Eyebrows

Bush Tracks: Indy Yelich – Sail Away

Thinking of Running? Local Board Candidate Info Sessions Announced for Great Barrier Island

Bush Battle on Tiritiri: Tuatara and Takahē Caught in Wild Scrap

Editorial: Kawau Island’s Poison Plan — Conservation or Chemical Catastrophe?

Invasive Caulerpa Seaweed Detected Off Little Barrier Island

DOC denies 1080 plans for Aotea despite growing concern in community

Caulerpa Spread Risks Billions – Report

Barrier Air Launches Winter Sale with Fares from $64

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Greenpeace petition reignites call for bottom trawling ban in Hauraki Gulf

Barrier Buzz launches with Aotea honey and local jobs

Council Votes to Freeze New Helipads on Gulf Islands Despite Officer Advice and Community Feedback

Great Barrier Garden Tours return this November