Coromind Magazine Issue 36Full Audio Version

After 35 editions of Coromind, I wonder if there is a house somewhere in Te Tara-o-te-ika-a-Māui that doesn’t have a copy sitting on a coffee table? For those of us who have found this monthly periodical, I’m sure you ...

Each month, one copy of Coromind will be preserved in the Alexander Turnbull Library, the national research and heritage collection. A second copy joins the general New Zealand and Pacific collection. Digital deposits ...

The Coromind crew visits Allan Beaver’s studio in Coromandel Town on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Allan produces landscapes in oils, portraits in pastels, and freehand pencil sketches. His wife Loes creates handcrafts, knitting and tapestry.

If you have been to Tairua, you may have noticed branding on the shops and facilities with ‘Two Tides’, which is the English translation of Tairua. The first settlers, Polynesian ancestors of Māori, were elated by its sheltered harbour; it w...