BUY GRAY CLAPHAM'S BLUE SKY HIGHWAY PICTORIAL COFFEE TABLE BOOK CELEBRATING WAINUI BEACH AND THE EAST COAST NORTH OF GISBORNE

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Wainui Beach Photo Gallery

ALONG THE COAST ROAD: For a photographic visit to Wainui and the beaches of the north Gisborne coast take a trip along The Coast Road Photographs by Gray Clapham

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About BeachLife Magazine

BeachLife Magazine is the only publication focused on coastal Gisborne’s culture and lifestyle.

Our readers say: “You've really captured the essence of this community.” Created by local writer, photographer and designer Gray Clapham, BeachLife reports from a local perspective on a range of issues and events that are of interest to residents of this beachside area.

With local sensitivity and insight in its reporting BeachLife is the magazine for people who love the beaches north of Gisborne. It’s produced four times a year, not only for those who live at the beach year-round, but also for seasonal visitors and coastal expatriots who want to stay in touch.

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The best stories from past issues:

A Surfing Way of Life
We live in a surfer’s mecca. The twin beaches of Makorori and Wainui are world famous for the consistency and quality of surf. In this article we look at the history of surfing at our beaches and philosophize on the effects the surfing way of life has on how we view ourselves. >> MORE

A Place By The Sea: A History of Wainui Beach
In pre-European times Maori lived in their verdant, south seas domain unconcerned about the need to own the land by individual title. Tribal territories were defended forcefully but the ownership of parcels of land by one person or family was not a concept the early Maori subscribed to. A state-of-affairs that would create a major challenge for the land-needy settlers who arrived on these shores in the wake of Captain Cook. >> MORE

The Day The Whales Died
Many people remember witnessing this catastrophic event on a stormy autumn day in 1970. 59 sperm whales swam into the shallows at the northern end of Wainui Beach and died in a seething, bleeding mass. It was a tragic event that has become part of the history of Wainui Beach. >> MORE

The Golfer: Peter Rouse
The term “living legend” is often over-used these days but in some instances the description is apt. Never more so for one man who lives amongst us—the Wainui Beach man who can best be described as “The Golfer”. >> MORE

>> FULL LIST OF ARCHIVED FEATURES

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