She Ran The Rock for 8 Years and Nobody Knew Her Face | Bay of Islands NZ

For eight seasons, Marlane ran the shore side of the Rock, and most guests walked straight past her without ever knowing who she was. That was the point. In this Where Are They Now conversation, Jonny sits down with the woman the crew called "Auntie Marlane" the person who'd walk down the Paihia wharf, fix whatever had broken, and disappear again before anyone knew her name. She talks about the oven that died mid-charter (Erin then cooked the whole meal on a stovetop), and about COVID — 24 hours to pack up a season, and her first thought being how to keep the Rock afloat, paid or not. She reveals the secret nobody on board knew: she hired Erin. And she shares what an overnight cruise in the Bay of Islands still does to people, tension falling away, families reconnecting, all in 22 hours on the water. Today she's stepped fully into rongoā Māori, traditional healing, working with people all over the world. From invisible to seen. Book your Rock experience: www.rocktheboat.co.nz Save 20% when you book direct - use code BOOKDIRECT20 #RockTheBoatNZ #BayOfIslands #OvernightCruiseNZ #NewZealand #WhereAreTheyNow #NZTravel #BayOfIslandsNZ #NorthlandNZ 0:00 The woman nobody saw 2:00 What shore operations really is 5:00 The oven that died mid-charter 6:00 When COVID hit the season 8:00 Knowing it was time to go 9:00 Making herself redundant 10:00 "Auntie Marlane" and the crew she built 12:00 Her Bay of Islands 14:00 What the Bay does to people 15:00 Stepping into rongoā Māori 18:00 "I hired Erin" 20:00 Invisible to seen