Top Spot: Musician, Muroki

Muroki. Photo by Mark Smith

My mum lives quite far north up The Coromandel Peninsula. It’s really quiet there. I do a lot of fishing with my granddad; we surf-cast and drink beers on the beach. I also do a lot of chilling; I lie in mum’s hammock for hours. 

When I go there it’s to do not much and most of what I do involves the beach. I’ll head out on the water if there’s any surf or I’ll go for some swims. Plus there’s a stream running through the bush and a half-hour walk to a waterfall.

It’s definitely the perfect place for a reset. I also love doing little surf missions down the east coast to Whitianga and Whangamatā. Hahei is like a Spanish beach, with its big, white rocks. If I could use one word to describe the area it would be ‘lush.’

Muroki is touring Australia and New Zealand from October.

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