21 Apr 2025

Life on Easter Island with Marc Shields

From Easter Monday, 8:30 am on 21 April 2025
Moai stone statues on Rapa Nui Easter Island, 3700km off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean, on 5 August, 2022.

Photo: AFP/ Pablo Cozzaglio

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island south of Chile, home to about 8,600 people.

It's known for the huge historic statues, called Moai, which are dotted around the island. Marc Shields hails from West Auckland but is a long-term resident of Rapa Nui, with his wife and three children. Marc catches Paddy up on what life is like there in 2025.