Alex Stone

Guest writer

Alex Stone is a writer and artist based on Waiheke Island, a passionate marine conservationist and the founder of Friends of the Hauraki Gulf. He has sailed, researched and written about the Hauraki Gulf for over 30 years.

The Hauraki Gulf is stuffed – and there’s a simple fix being wilfully ignored

The Hauraki Gulf is stuffed – and there’s a simple fix being wilfully ignored

The figures are stark, and the science is clear. So where are our marine reserves?

By Alex Stone | 12th April, 2023

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – NOVEMBER 29 : Harbour of Waiheke Island, a short trip from Auckland, New Zealand, on November 29, 2010, North Island. (Photo by EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

The one about the guy from Waiheke who wrote a short story which someone hated so much they stormed out of a community hall

Waiheke author Alex Stone on his new collection of stories, and the furious response one of them provoked at a writer's group.

By Alex Stone | 14th March, 2017