The first place to see the sun in Aotearoa is also an early adopter of farming and forestry. In Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone Aaron Smale travels the coast to reveal a long history of colonial and environmental exploitation.
Teenagers launch a kayak on a slash covered beach in Tolaga Bay. (PHOTO: IKON Media / Aaron Smale)
Logs on Gisborne wharf. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Graeme Aitken, near Ruatorea, East Coast, New Zealand. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Trucks unloading logs on Gisborne wharf. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Slash on beach at Tolaga Bay. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
State Highway 35 just north of Tokomaru Bay that was destroyed by a landslide after Cyclone Gabrielle. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Hills on Mata Rd, behind Tokomaru Bay, showing exposed land after forestry harvesting with slash left on the hills and slips starting. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Scientist Mike Marden, Gisborne, New Zealand. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
Kaumatua Jack Chambers, Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand. (PHOTO: IKON Media/Aaron Smale)
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