BB Map of Parua Bay and Whangārei Heads Including Pataua and Taiharuru by API
When hanging on your wall, you’ll be reminded of…
The majesty of Manaia and its surrounds: the Whangarei Heads peninsula, the Whangarei Harbour, the winding creeks, streams, and estuaries. Admiring the view as you drive along beside the harbour, being stuck behind someone else driving slowly and admiring the view along the harbour. When we used to get scallops, going to Parua Bay and Whangarei Heads school, going into town on the school bus… The pohutukawas flowering at Christmas time, the halls, the beachy settlements, the waves at the ocean, the view from Kauri Mountain, Smugglers Loop swims. The totara in the grassy paddocks, the herons stalking the water's edge, people dropping bombs and doing manu’s off the Pataua footbridge, the beaches, dramatic volcanic outline shapes. Boats launching, the fish jumping, the kiwi calling, the kākā screeching, the snapper you lost last time you were fishing. The peacefulness, the volcanic landscape, the rural character, and the beauty of the Heads.
Cartographer’s Notes
It is my map-based love letter to Manaia and surrounding areas. It is a sense-of-place map that seeks to show what this place feels like. To inspire deeper understanding and sense of belonging.
I grew up here in Parua Bay and am bringing my kids up here now. I have memories in every nook and cranny and want to share this with you.
During the first Covid lockdown I started on this map, fascinated by the fact that the rain that often falls on the roof of my house in Parua Bay Village flows out through the Pataua estuary, not the much closer Whangarei Harbour, we are connected. A lot of water has flowed under the Pataua footbridge since then.
Not all of my maps i can say this, but I actually live in this map“ - API
Map Print Details:
BB Home Sweet Home Series
Map drawn in Parua Bay
Printed, framed and shipped Ponsonby, Auckland
100% hand-crafted, original and authentic
A2 Dimensions 420mm x 594mm
Typeset in BB Waitangi my bespoke hand-crafted typeface
Available framed or unframed
Premium art print - Giclee Printed to order on 210GSM matt art stock
Special order prints, map customisations and framing options available
BB Map of Parua Bay and Whangārei Heads Including Pataua and Taiharuru by API
When hanging on your wall, you’ll be reminded of…
The majesty of Manaia and its surrounds: the Whangarei Heads peninsula, the Whangarei Harbour, the winding creeks, streams, and estuaries. Admiring the view as you drive along beside the harbour, being stuck behind someone else driving slowly and admiring the view along the harbour. When we used to get scallops, going to Parua Bay and Whangarei Heads school, going into town on the school bus… The pohutukawas flowering at Christmas time, the halls, the beachy settlements, the waves at the ocean, the view from Kauri Mountain, Smugglers Loop swims. The totara in the grassy paddocks, the herons stalking the water's edge, people dropping bombs and doing manu’s off the Pataua footbridge, the beaches, dramatic volcanic outline shapes. Boats launching, the fish jumping, the kiwi calling, the kākā screeching, the snapper you lost last time you were fishing. The peacefulness, the volcanic landscape, the rural character, and the beauty of the Heads.
Cartographer’s Notes
It is my map-based love letter to Manaia and surrounding areas. It is a sense-of-place map that seeks to show what this place feels like. To inspire deeper understanding and sense of belonging.
I grew up here in Parua Bay and am bringing my kids up here now. I have memories in every nook and cranny and want to share this with you.
During the first Covid lockdown I started on this map, fascinated by the fact that the rain that often falls on the roof of my house in Parua Bay Village flows out through the Pataua estuary, not the much closer Whangarei Harbour, we are connected. A lot of water has flowed under the Pataua footbridge since then.
Not all of my maps i can say this, but I actually live in this map“ - API
Map Print Details:
BB Home Sweet Home Series
Map drawn in Parua Bay
Printed, framed and shipped Ponsonby, Auckland
100% hand-crafted, original and authentic
A2 Dimensions 420mm x 594mm
Typeset in BB Waitangi my bespoke hand-crafted typeface
Available framed or unframed
Premium art print - Giclee Printed to order on 210GSM matt art stock
Special order prints, map customisations and framing options available