Great Barrier Island / Aotea

March 2014

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March 2014

View of Little Barrier Island from Mt Heale. Photo: Shaun Barnett
Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Although only fours hours from Auckland by ferry (or 30min by plane), Great Barrier Island is a place apart. It’s New Zealand’s fourth largest island, after Rakiura, and a place of old volcanoes, whittled down by time, wind and rain. Ringed by a series of rocky cliffs, and magnificent golden sand […]

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