What is Rakiura?
The island at the bottom of the world. The place that made EASTERLY.
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University research, pāua harvesting, and the wild art of the island. Season 2022, Episode 8 — aired 10 April 2022. Available to NZ viewers only on TVNZ+. Sign up is free.
Watch the moment giant kelp farming came to Rakiura for the first time.
Footage courtesy of Greenwave Aotearoa. Zane and the team are making history in the waters of Rakiura.
Give the Gift of EASTERLY
Not sure what to get? Give EASTERLY. A gift card means the right choice gets made — from the island, made to order, whenever the time is right.
The Beacon
47 cards. No fluff. No performance. Just the words you need when the weight gets heavy. Drawn from the raw edges of Rakiura — the island at the end of the world. For the ones who keep going.
Pure Rakiura Soundscapes
Close your eyes. Press play. Let Rakiura find you.
The world falls away. What remains is the real Rakiura — recorded at the edge of the earth, in the moments most people never get to hear. Pure ocean. Birdsong at dawn. The silence between waves. The kind of quiet that only exists at the bottom of the world.
Each recording is unedited. Unrepeatable. A single moment in time, captured and kept for you.
Let them carry you to sleep. Let them hold the space around your thoughts so you can finally focus. Let them dissolve the noise of the day until all that's left is the sound of something ancient, patient, and completely alive.
These are not sound effects. These are places. And for as long as you need them, they're yours.
High-quality MP3 files. Instant digital download. New recordings added as the island speaks.
Rakiura is waiting. It has been for a while.