It’s been a long (long) while since I’ve been here but rest assured, plenty of photos have still been taken in the last year. With Auckland in our second lockdown of the year (thanks for coming back, Rona, ya turd), it was the right time to deep dive back into the archives for a little re-edit of some favourite shots.
These were taken in Mitimiti, in the far north of New Zealand. It is home for a dear friend Pio Terei, and after years of hearing stories about the land, we managed to wrangle together a spontaneous team trip to see it in person. To get there, we drove four hours to Rawene and caught the ferry from there to Mitimiti.
Never before (or since, for that matter) have I seen such wild, rugged fauna. It felt like I was catching a sacred glimpse into what ancient New Zealand looked like before colonisation happened. The landscape is mostly untouched and has been given the room to do as it pleases.
We drove 4WDs on the beach, picked mussels and soaked up a place layered in a friend’s history.
