In one of Patricia Grace’s short stories, a young girl spends the last hours of a summer seaside holiday seeking a deeper communion with the place. “Because how could you be really sure of coming there again next summer?” she…
Today, the Government released its action plan for the Hauraki Gulf: Revitalising the Gulf: Government Action on the Sea Change Plan. The long-awaited government response to Sea Change was welcomed by The Noises Trust and its project partners Auckland Museum…
It’s International Insect Week from June 21-27, a biannual initiative run by the Royal Entomological Society in the UK that acknowledges all the vital work insects do - from breaking down waste matter, providing food for other creatures and adding…
We need to talk about our project. And to do so, we need to first talk about Sea Change. Every project has a genesis story, and ours starts with Sea Change. The development of Sea Change Tai Timu Tai Pari…
It’s been years in the planning - and that pandemic didn’t help, setting efforts back a fair way - but the good news is, in April 2021, construction of the boardwalk on Ruapuke Island (aka Maria) finally got underway, thanks…
On a blustery autumn day, a boatful of brave visitors disembarked the Auckland Sea Shuttle water taxi on the eastern side of Ōtata and scrambled their way up the stony beach. Strong winds from the night before had whipped up…
With the hot summer nights giving way to cooler longer ones we are all settling into a quieter winter pace of life. However, on The Noises thing are just starting to hot up with the dark night air filled with…
On Easter weekend we finally got out to the Noises for some much-needed R&R on the little jewel that is Ōtata Island. After a slow journey out, dodging the recreational fishing armada we managed to disembark upon the pebbles and…
Marine scientist Nick Shears, who’s part of the Noises’ marine restoration project team, was recently featured in a Sunday documentary about the state of the Hauraki Gulf. As a frequent visitor and a lead researcher on the Noises restoration…
As Tāmaki Makaurau prepared for its fourth lockdown, archaeologists from Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira were already isolating out on Ōtata Island. They were there to gather more information from the eroding midden located on the Main beach. Back in…