
Guest Editorial – Fabian Roberts
There is something powerful in the saying, “There are dreamers and there are doers”, especially when it comes to our slice of paradise – Hauraki Coromandel.

There is something powerful in the saying, “There are dreamers and there are doers”, especially when it comes to our slice of paradise – Hauraki Coromandel.

What a journey it is, with so much to learn. I’ve always loved painting and drawing; in high school, it was my main focus.

I made the decision to move to New Zealand sometime in the late 80s, which would have put me in the 9 to 11-year-old range.

Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.

Art continues to educate us centuries and millennia later – from prehistoric cave drawings to the use of glass beads for jewellery and terracotta clay figurines, and for everyday functions such as storing grain or water.

There is something powerful in the saying, “There are dreamers and there are doers”, especially when it comes to our slice of paradise – Hauraki Coromandel.

What a journey it is, with so much to learn. I’ve always loved painting and drawing; in high school, it was my main focus.

I made the decision to move to New Zealand sometime in the late 80s, which would have put me in the 9 to 11-year-old range.

Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.

Art continues to educate us centuries and millennia later – from prehistoric cave drawings to the use of glass beads for jewellery and terracotta clay figurines, and for everyday functions such as storing grain or water.