City of sails

Secondary school sailing teams manoeuvre before the start of a team race at Snells Beach north of Auckland....

Waka-ama with Richard

Richard Manuka leans on his hoe and drives his waka-ama towards the city from Birkenhead Point....

Prepare for take-off

Godwits and wrybills roost on chenier shell banks at Miranda, and the western shore of the Firth of Thames....

Islands of the Gulf

There are some 70 islands in the Hauraki Gulf, cast across the great embayment in a disorderly fashion....

Future food

Shellfish aquaculture appears to be relatively low impact, and presents the opportunity of high-value, high-quality protein, sustainably cultivated in a...

Dumped

The irony is that the camera can’t see far enough to properly document the worst sites in the Hauraki Gulf—they’re...

The remains of the day

At Pōnui Island, under the shade of picturesque pōhutukawa, effluent from a farm drains into the Waiheke Channel adjacent to...

Spilling sewers

In many of Auckland’s older suburbs, stormwater and sewerage is combined. As the population has increased, infrastructure has failed to...

Recreational fishing

Fishermen cast a line from Orakei Wharf. For some, fishing here is recreational. For many others, it’s about sustenance....

Meet the locals

Commercial fishers take around 1000 tonnes of snapper per year from the gulf, and recreational fishers double that amount....
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