John Hagen, a long-time resident of Te Kohuroa, first came to Matheson Bay in the 1950s, when he was just four years old. In this interview he shares his recollections of the bay, shaped by family, memories, and time spent on the water. 

Mark Rykers grew up with Te Kohuroa Matheson Bay as the backdrop to his childhood. In this interview he shares his memories of the marine ecosystem when the bay was a remote undiscovered hideaway.

Lennon Kingston is a Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award programme candidate and has lived near the sea his whole life. He has been taking part to conservation activities since he was young so when he heard about the challenges his local sea forests were facing, he decided to find a way to help.