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Great Barrier Island: Auckland's Wild Kelp Frontier

Aotea Great Barrier Island guards the outer Hauraki Gulf — golden kelp reefs, kina barrens, dark skies and a community living at the edge of Auckland's weather.

Tom Okafor · September 26, 2026

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Kelp Coasts of Northland: Where New Zealand's Warm and Cold Currents Meet

Northland is New Zealand's subtropical-temperate crossover — Ecklonia radiata reefs, kina barrens, the Poor Knights, and reserves that showed how reefs recover.

Tom Okafor · September 15, 2026

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