Friday 31 May 2013

My World

Young love, couple on a log, Pacific Beach, Marine Parade, Napier photograph
Young Love
Pacific Beach, Marine Parade, Napier
A thrice-weekly photograph from around Hawke's Bay J

Thursday 30 May 2013

My World


Toetoe and mudstone cliff, Mohaka Beach, just south of Mohaka Rivermouth, accessed from McIvor Rd photograph
Toetoe and mudstone cliff
Mohaka Beach, just south of Mohaka Rivermouth, accessed from McIvor Rd
A thrice-weekly photograph from around Hawke's Bay J

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
 
Jo Jordan, Te Pohue - auditions for TV's New Zealand's Got Talent, at the Napier War Memorial Conference Centre, Napier photograph
Talented - HBT131823-08
 
Centre: David Griffiths, chef, Mister D, Napier, won the Outstanding Chef Award, at the annual Hawke's Bay Hospitality Awards, held at the Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier photograph
 Winner - HBT130169-03
 
Sunny autumn weather, late afternoon sun, back-lit vines, silhouettes, Haumoana Rd, Haumoana photograph
End of Day - HBT131838-03

Monday 27 May 2013

Sunday 26 May 2013

My World

Rock pigeon over the Wairoa River photograph
Rock pigeon over the Wairoa River
A thrice-weekly photograph from around Hawke's Bay J

Friday 24 May 2013

My World

Bikes for hire, in Clive photograph
Bikes for hire, in Clive

The more I look, the more I see
The more I see, the more I look
And so the count goes up to three
I wonder if I'll write a book.....
Haha, maybe I should stick to photography J
 
A thrice-weekly photograph from around Hawke's Bay J

Thursday 23 May 2013

My World

A Wave in Time, Sheila and Raven, sculpture by Mark Whyte, Emerson St, Napier photograph
A Wave in Time, Sheila and Raven
Sculpture by Mark Whyte, Emerson St, Napier
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
Last week I had the privilege of attending every event of a Business Week in Wairoa. These pictures were from a debate on local government amalgamation, or not...

L-R: Craig Little, councillor, mayoral candidate, Wairoa District Council; Bill Dalton, councillor, mayoral candidate, Napier City Council; Stuart Nash, Labour spokesman for Napier, argued for the negative - Bubbles and Bites, The Amalgamation Debate - Is a unitary authority for Hawke's Bay the best thing for Wairoa's Future? - a fundraising debate hosted by Wairoa Young Achievers Trust, at The Gaiety Theatre, Marine Parade, Wairoa - second day of Wairoa Business Week, Wairoa photograph
The Politicians - HBT130149-03

L-R: Tom Belford, publisher, Chris Joblin, Wairoa businessman, Rebecca Turner, chair, A Better Hawke's Bay, argued for the affirmative - Bubbles and Bites, The Amalgamation Debate - Is a unitary authority for Hawke's Bay the best thing for Wairoa's Future? - a fundraising debate hosted by Wairoa Young Achievers Trust, at The Gaiety Theatre, Marine Parade, Wairoa - second day of Wairoa Business Week, Wairoa photograph
 Proponents of Change - HBT130149-07

Sold-out crowd - Is a unitary authority for Hawke's Bay the best thing for Wairoa's Future? - a fundraising debate hosted by Wairoa Young Achievers Trust, at The Gaiety Theatre, Marine Parade, Wairoa - second day of Wairoa Business Week, Wairoa photograph
The audience enjoyed themselves - HBT130149-08

Monday 20 May 2013

Sunday 19 May 2013

My World

Derelict bridge, Farm Rd, Waipukurau
Roads we've travelled....
A derelict bridge on Farm Rd, Waipukurau
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 16 May 2013

My World

Surprise picnic for a friend, Taradale Park, Taradale, Napier photograph
Surprise picnic for a friend
Taradale Park, Taradale, Napier
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J


Left: Matthew Magill, Crownthorpe, wannabe stock car driver - Meeanee Speedway Swapmeet, Hot Rod and Classic Car Display, Marineland Street Rods - at Meeanee Speedway, Meeanee, Napier photograph
Wannabes - HBT130137-02

 
L-R: Tyler Crosby, Napier, Ballsack, a friend's rat, Marcus Lowe, Taradale, with remote-controlled stockcars - Meeanee Speedway Swapmeet, Hot Rod and Classic Car Display, Marineland Street Rods - at Meeanee Speedway, Meeanee, Napier photograph
Mini-drives - HBT130137-05

Millie Simmons, 9, Patoka, waiting for her Dad, David Simmons, Patoka - Meeanee Speedway Swapmeet, Hot Rod and Classic Car Display, Marineland Street Rods - at Meeanee Speedway, Meeanee, Napier photograph
Waiting for Dad - HBT130137-08



Wool, yarn, product - open day at Tironui Alpacas, Johns Rd, Meeanee, Napier, owned by Christine and Paul Spooner, part of National Alpaca Day photograph

Alpaca Wool - HBT130139-11

Two of four white heron, kotuku, 3 adults and a juvenile, in the lagoon and on the railway bridge over Tutaekuri River, SH2, Awatoto, Napier photograph
Rua kotuku - HBT131474-04
[Update: I've since been informed the smaller bird is a Little Egret J]

Front L-R: Jamin Weston, Michael Northcroft, Gemma Dean - names correct - about 160 children at Tamatea Primary School, Tamatea, Napier, joined about 15,000 pupils from around New Zealand in a Jazz Apple Big Crunch, biting into a jazz apple at 1413 on 10/05/13, counted down on Classic Hits FM. They beat the previous world record of 9,329 children photograph
Happy little Big Crunchers - HBT131483-01



Monday 13 May 2013

Quips & Quotes

Anonymous: Rules were made for fools: The closer the relationship, the less the need for rules.

Sunday 12 May 2013

My World


Single peach-coloured rose and trellis photograph
Rose and trellis, Hastings
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 9 May 2013

My World

My World - cat on a barbecue table photograph
Cats own everything...
(...even if it is the neighbour's)
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay
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Tuesday 7 May 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
 
HBT130129-01.JPG Anti asset sales rally, 30 adults, two children, marching along Emerson St, from Memorial Square to the Sound Shell, Marine Parade, Napier, part of a National Day of Action, by Aotearoa is Not For Sale, ANFS photograph
Shutting the stable door? - HBT130129-01
 
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports (black) wrapped up Clive (yellow/blue) 26-14 - rugby at Park Island, Napier. photograph
 Wrapped up 26-14 - HBT130130-05
 
Race 4 - Superstock Autumn Nationals, heat 1 - 31 won this heat - Meeanee Speedway, Meeanee, Napier, last meeting for the 2012/13 season photograph
Blur of Speed - HBT130131-10

With ball: Sam Walker, Bay Hawks, playing Otago Nuggets - basketball at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier photograph
Coming Through - HBT131442-04
 
Right: Alf Arlidge, coach, Otago Nuggets, basketball vs Bay Hawks, at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier photograph
We Won! - HBT131442-08
 
Job's done: AOS members leave the scene - About 3-25pm, Police armed with rifles and pistols cordoned off and laid road spikes on Faraday St, Napier. AOS Armed Offenders Squad members and police dogs attended. The incident finished about 5-30pm with no arrests. It was a false alarm photograph
Job's Done - HBT130135-08
 
HBT131450-01.JPG Ian Dick, chairman, Hawke’s Bay Democratic Action Association Inc, DAD HB, Dedicated and Democratic, pictured on Marine Parade, Napier, story about the group's submission to the Local Government Commission. He is also a former deputy mayor, Napier City Council, under mayor Alan Dick, no relation photograph
Face of Experience - HBT131450-01
 

Sunday 5 May 2013

My World

Bird-scarer, Hawke's Bay Today, Karamu Rd, Hastings photograph
Bird-scarer, apparently...
Karamu Rd, Hastings
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 2 May 2013

My World

Photo of a tree taken by my camera, when I wasn't looking photograph
Smartphones, huh, who needs 'em...
This is a photo my camera took when I wasn't looking  J
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay