‘Love? I never had it. Never had it, mate’: Jade of Great Barrier Island

“Just checking the waves out,” she says. “Not the size of them really, but the wind direction. You want off-shore down there – that holds the waves up. If it’s on-shore, it’s all crumbly and messy.

“It’s just a beautiful beach. I learnt how to surf there, nearly drowned there. It’s where I get a lot of crayfish. I got married there. It’s my place.”