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    Land of the gods

    Jan 28, 2020 4 minutes

    This is my first, star-filled night on Aotea, the Maori name for Great Barrier Island. Jet-lagged and wide awake, I recall the words I’d whispered to the ancestors of this land before my trip: that I was coming to honour them and I hoped they might guide me on my journey.

    I leave my bed at Trillium Lodge, high on a hilltop amid native bush on this off-grid, solar-powered isle, and tiptoe onto the viewing deck. Beneath me is a quiet harbour – the island sits on the edge of a vast, protected marine park – and I can taste peace. All is silent, as velvety as the night sky.

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