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Chasing The Dream With National Champ Daniel Farr

Derek MorrisonDecember 23, 2022December 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonDecember 23, 2022December 29, 20220

Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr won the Nationals at Westport in 2022, taking down form surfer of the event, Billy Stairmand, in one of the most exciting finals ever seen in New Zealand. The quiet, reserved surfer always believed he could do it. Now he has his sights set on the......

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Environment

Taranaki Rāhui Supported By Government As Kaimoana Stocks Under Threat

Craig AshworthDecember 21, 2022December 21, 2022

by Craig AshworthDecember 21, 2022December 21, 20220

The Government has banned collection of kaimoana from 70km of the Taranaki coast, giving legal backing to a rāhui that hapū placed on the area in January 2022. The two-year legal ban began on Friday, December 16, just before the summer holidays, when hapū of Taranaki iwi feared a fresh......

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WATCH: THC, A New Film By George Syme

Derek MorrisonDecember 11, 2022December 11, 2022

by Derek MorrisonDecember 11, 2022December 11, 20220

I met emerging filmmaker George Syme hanging with Tom Butland at the Scholastics in Taranaki earlier this year. They were about to release a film and I had seen enough of Tom’s surfing to be curious. Well, more than curious … I knew it was going to be special. It......

Surf Athletes

Liv Haysom And Tyler Perry Win Top Titles At Scholastics

Derek MorrisonOctober 15, 2022November 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonOctober 15, 2022November 29, 20220

Piha’s Liv Haysom broke through to win the Under 18 Girls Division at the 2022 New Zealand Scholastics Surfing Championships held in Taranaki this week with Kaikoura’s Tyler Perry making a late charge to clinch victory in the Under 18 Boys division. The event has been running on the Taranaki......

Inspiration

Tao Mouldey & Natasha Gouldsbury Win NZ Grom Series

Derek MorrisonOctober 9, 2022

by Derek MorrisonOctober 9, 20220

Today’s O’Neill Taranaki Grom Comp has completed the New Zealand Grom Series with Tao Mouldey, of Mount Maunganui, and local surfer Natasha Gouldsbury claiming wins in the premier Under 18 Boys and Girls Division. Wins also went to Tava Santorik (Mnt) and Pia Rogers (WGM) in the Under 16 Divisions......

Inspiration

Small Steps, Big Ambitions: The Rise Of Natasha Gouldsbury

Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2022July 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2022July 29, 20220

Taranaki’s next rising star, Natasha Gouldsbury, hit her straps in the early part of 2022. Not only did she qualify for three finals at the 2022 Nationals held at Westport, but she started to wind in Christchurch phenom Ava Henderson. At 17 she’s surfing with renewed energy and a hunger......

Inspiration

Taranaki Crew Honour Friend With Kaikoura Paddle Out

Derek MorrisonApril 12, 2022April 13, 2022

by Derek MorrisonApril 12, 2022April 13, 20220

Team Taranaki earned a lineup to themselves in pumping conditions at Meatworks during the South Island Grom Series Kaikoura Grom comp earlier this month. The team paddled out to pay their respects to Jeremy Grainger who passed away earlier in the week. They soon had the peaks to themselves as......

Surf Athletes

Quick Cuts: Kalani Louis

Derek MorrisonMarch 17, 2022June 9, 2022

by Derek MorrisonMarch 17, 2022June 9, 20220

C-Skins has come on board our Quick Cuts section where up and coming, and established New Zealand surfers … yeah, OGs, can post their latest edits. This one is bang on featuring Taranaki shredder Kalani Louis getting some driving time in down the coast. “This is a recent edit from......

Surf Athletes

Ricardo Christie and Ava Henderson Win Backdoor Taranaki Pro

Derek MorrisonMay 3, 2021

by Derek MorrisonMay 3, 20210

Ricardo Christie and Ava Henderson have claimed big victories in Taranaki yesterday, winning the Backdoor Taranaki Pro, presented by Billabong, in excellent conditions at Stent Road. It was the first Open Women’s win for Henderson since her breakthrough performance at the 2020 National Championships 16 months ago, while Christie has......

Surf Athletes

Rising Grom: Kalani Louis

Derek MorrisonNovember 24, 2020

by Derek MorrisonNovember 24, 20200

There’s a new wave of competitive surfers coming out of Taranaki and they’re taking scalps in national events. New Zealand Surf Journal caught up with the effervescent Kalani Louis after his Under 16 Final at the 2020 National Scholastics Championships held at Kaikoura. NZSJ: Hey Kalani, congrats on a great......