Proud to be Local is our inspirational feature, highlighting homegrown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world. In this edition, Nina Winter. Brought to you by Coromandel's CFM and Ron Morgan

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Mike Taylor has over 20 years of history working in the wine industry as a Financier, Consultant and Company Director. This history has principally been a business journey, but has also provided a rich opportunity to try wines from a vast number of producers (both NZ and global) at all manner of price points, ranging from very expensive to cheap.

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Nestled in Paeroa is a place that lives and breathes Te Ao Māori, and a man who is the living embodiment of kotahitanga – unity, togetherness, solidarity. Darby Tuhaka is an artist, advocate, activist, cultural preservationist and healer. His business, Healing Ink Studio, is a multi-faceted venture, home to tā moko (traditional tattoo), whakairo (carving) and rongoā (traditional medicine). It’s also what he calls “a destination for discarded taonga (treasures)”. 

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Coromind Magazine Issue 23

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Coromind Editorial - Issue 23, 2024

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I’ve been creating art for as long as I can remember. As a child, my favourite activity was drawing. I’d carefully arrange my pens in rainbow order before each session, a reflection of my early obsession with colour. Even in my earliest works – felt pen drawings from the age of four – colour played a central role.

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If I asked you, what song are you? Or, which book are you? This might not make any sense at first sight, agree? But imagine that in the grand orchestra of life, it’s easy to find ourselves lost in the cacophony of doubt and comparison. 

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The arts matter. This is my third time writing about Creatives in Schools for Coromind. I have a personal connection to the mahi, but I’m also a fierce advocate for the arts. I believe the arts are a core necessity for people of all backgrounds, for enjoyment, entertainment and wellbeing.

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We were 10, 11, 12 when we rode the eddy-wave. Storms high in the hills had swollen the river into a frothy churn of mocha-brown and bubbling white that surged through the valley, cutting into the high banks with the weight of all that rain. 

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Proud to be Local is our inspirational feature, highlighting homegrown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world. In this edition, Joe Reynolds.  Brought to you by Ron Morgan.

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