Welcome Aboard… The West Coast Sightseeing Tour with Lunch is our most popular option for families and couples to experience a really beautiful part of the Barrier from a whole new perspective.
Great Barrier’s ‘Must-Do’ Summer Experience
You can help fight Kauri Dieback
There is no cure for Kauri dieback, and the disease kills most if not all the Kauri it infects.
But our beautiful Kauri can be saved – with the help of people like you.
Aotea Track officially re-opened…
It’s official – again! Hiking enthusiasts can once again enjoy Great Barrier Island’s incredible 3 day hiking experience… The Aotea Track.
Biking Great Barrier Island
Biking Great Barrier Island – One Island, two mates, two bikes & three days… Sebastian Solberg and Johnny Prigg have been mates for a long time now.
Janene’s Ice Dreams
Just when you thought life on Great Barrier Island couldn’t get any better…
Think again…
Great Barrier Island Community Art Gallery
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
This simple, but incredibly profound observation was made by the famous American Trappist monk & writer, Thomas Merton, in 1955.
Glenfern Sanctuary – A Future Assured
Great Barrier Island has had some good news lately. Along with the recent announcement of the opening of the Aotea Conservation Park, Conservation Minister Maggie Barry has also revealed that the Nature Heritage Fund would put “a significant amount of funding” towards
Introducing Laura Jade Photography… Focusing on the people
Laura Billingham shoots people… With a camera that is!
Great Barrier Island has long been a haven for all manner of artists, musicians and craftsmen. Photographers too have been inspired by the natural beauty…
Aotea FM – Broadcasting to the World
Great Barrier Islands’ amazing little radio station, Aotea FM, has come a very long way since it’s extremely humble beginnings some 10 years ago.
The Aotea Community Radio Trust had their very first meeting in November 2004.
National Geographic gives Great Barrier Island the thumbs up!
What do Namibia, The Cook Islands, Oregon and Great Barrier Island have in common? Probably not a lot really – apart from sharing 7th best score on National Geographics list of the worlds 99 top islands and coastlines… The Nat-Geo Traveller