West Coast New Zealand Stories Worth Wandering For

Some places stay with you long after you leave. The West Coast of Aotearoa is one of them. Sense & Wander documents the people, food, art and landscape of this remarkable coast, celebrating it with stories and artful photography, published independently from Westport.

News Kara Gray Smith

We moved to the West Coast to tell its stories.

A note from Kara and Brad Gray Smith, the people behind Sense & Wander. There is a particular quality to the West Coast in the early morning. Cloud hangs over the hills, waiting to make up its mind about what kind of day it is going to be. And underneath
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