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Shopping
Aotea Community Art Gallery ARTS & CRAFTS
OFFLINE MAP
(80 Hector Sanderson Rd; 10.30am-3.30pm) This eclectic showcase for the island's artsy
fraternity sells everything from paintings and sculpture to handmade soap and local
honey.
Information
There's an information kiosk at the GBI Rent-A-Car office ( Click here ) in Claris. Claris
Texas cafe has internet access.
Great Barrier Island i-SITE (www.greatbarriernz.com; Claris Airport; 11am-noon Mon, Wed &
Fri, 8am-2.30pm Sat, extended in summer) Brochures including their own Great Barrier Is-
land pamphlet with useful information and a handy map.
Port Fitzroy Information Kiosk ( 09-429 0848; www.thebarrier.co.nz ; 9.30am-3pm
Mon-Sat) Privately run kiosk that publishes the Great Barrier Island Visitor Information
Guide .
Getting There & Away
AIR
FlyMySky ( 09-256 7025, 0800 222 123; www.flymysky.co.nz ) Flies at least three times a
day to Claris from Auckland. Cheaper flights are available if you travel to the island on a
Sunday or leave on a Friday ($89), and there's a special return fare for flying one way
and ferrying the other (adult/child $187/138).
Great Barrier Airlines ( 09-275 9120, 0800 900 600; www.greatbarrierairlines.co.nz ) De-
parts from Auckland Domestic Airport (at least twice daily) and North Shore Aerodrome
(at least daily) for the 30-minute flight to Claris. In summer it also flies from Whangarei.
Sunair ( 0800 786 847; www.sunair.co.nz ; one way $150-190) Flies to Claris from Whi-
tianga and Tauranga daily.
BOAT
Fullers ( 09-367 9111; www.fullers.co.nz ; Ferry Building, 99 Quay St) Runs the fastest services
(2½ hours) from Auckland's Ferry Building to Shoal Bay and Port Fitzroy from mid-