From Coro With Love – April 2023
April 17, 2023
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There’s no Place Like Home Kia ora e hoa ma Being away from home is usually what people enjoy the most about travel, and personally it is for me too.
There’s no Place Like Home Kia ora e hoa ma Being away from home is usually what people enjoy the most about travel, and personally it is for me too.
Photos by Benji Byrne I was drawn to the way geometric shapes can create a sense of order and harmony within a landscape and the way repetition of shapes can
I lived in Whitianga/Purangi from when I was born till I left school, 1997-2014. I’ve done various stints back in the area, working on the Glass Bottom Boat during my uni holidays, and at Coromandel’s CFM in 2019 and 2020.
On my last local spearfish, at Whale Island, a large Bronze Whaler shark came cruising below me. It swam slowly and yet with great power, gracefully but with intent. Encouraged by the shark’s calm demeanour, I slipped beneath the surface to meet it several metres underwater. Unfazed, the shark swam on, each powerful swing of its tail effortlessly pushing the creature through the water. I admired it as I attempted to keep up. Impressive muscles flexed as rays of sunlight danced upon the shark’s shiny copper skin. This kind of encounter is not uncommon for New Zealand spearfishers and is seemingly becoming a more common occurrence
Hi!! My name is Pia Rogers, I’m a surfer from Whangamatā. This trick is called a backhand snap, mostly performed by intermediate surfers as it is an easy trick to
There’s no Place Like Home Kia ora e hoa ma Being away from home is
Photos by Benji Byrne I was drawn to the way geometric shapes can create a
I lived in Whitianga/Purangi from when I was born till I left school, 1997-2014. I’ve done various stints back in the area, working on the Glass Bottom Boat during my uni holidays, and at Coromandel’s CFM in 2019 and 2020.
On my last local spearfish, at Whale Island, a large Bronze Whaler shark came cruising below me. It swam slowly and yet with great power, gracefully but with intent. Encouraged by the shark’s calm demeanour, I slipped beneath the surface to meet it several metres underwater. Unfazed, the shark swam on, each powerful swing of its tail effortlessly pushing the creature through the water. I admired it as I attempted to keep up. Impressive muscles flexed as rays of sunlight danced upon the shark’s shiny copper skin. This kind of encounter is not uncommon for New Zealand spearfishers and is seemingly becoming a more common occurrence
Hi!! My name is Pia Rogers, I’m a surfer from Whangamatā. This trick is called
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