Ten Years in Pōneke: Part Five – Somes Speedrunning

Or, hey I was sup­posed to fin­ish all of these art­icles in 2025 but then life happened so I guess we’re doing little quests in 2026 as well. [Warn­ing: This piece talks about dis­ease, war and death.] Matiu / Somes Island is the ever-present spectre loom­ing in Te-Whan­ganui-a-Tara, one of three islands that the har­bour […]

Somes Island Weeding Mission

The ongo­ing effort by the Depart­ment of Con­ser­va­tion, the Coun­cil, and ordin­ary people like you and me to regen­er­ate nat­ive flora and fauna around the city con­tin­ues next month with a bit of a weed­ing mis­sion out on Somes Island (aka Matiu). DOC are call­ing for volun­teers for a big weed-bust­ing day on Sat­urday March […]