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Find your way out of this one

A brickwork "maze" at the Hastings Baptist Youth Centre

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Multimedia fence

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My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader
the Havelock North Village Press and/or The Link)

Deroofers

Firefighters rip up the roof looking for hotspots at a house fire in Lorne Crescent, Flaxmere, Hastings
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Doer-upper in Hastings
David Cunliffe, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, on an election billboard in Townshend St, Hastings
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Sometimes I get the shitty jobs
Holly Cowan, resident, Shakespeare Rd, Napier, is upset about dog owners not picking up their dogs' poo off the footpath
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Just a blur
Ruby Adsett, 14, Napier Girl's High School, also Napier Aquahawks Swim Club, will be competing in the East Coast Swimming Championships this weekend, at Napier Aquatic Centre, Onekawa, Napier
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Got it!
With ball: Briana Stephenson, centre, senior A netball team, Napier Girl's High School, Napier - netball vs Central Hawke's Bay College, at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier
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Woo hoo, we won :-)
Clive celebrates their 34-17 win against Havelock North - women's rugby final at Farndon Park, Clive
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Singing for love
L-R: Phillip Rhodes, baritone, Anna Pierard, mezzo soprano, who performed at U-Turn Italian Style, a concert and auction in The Mission Estate Chapel at Mission Estate Restaurant, Taradale, Napier, in support of U-Turn Trust and Te Aranga Marae, Flaxmere, Hastings
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Happy Birthday, Mum
L-R: Pam O'Keefe, Flaxmere, a Happy Birthday from Phillips Rhodes, baritone, her foster son - U-Turn Italian Style, a concert and auction in The Mission Estate Chapel at Mission Estate Restaurant, Taradale, Napier, in support of U-Turn Trust and Te Aranga Marae, Flaxmere, Hastings
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High jump
L-R: Kirk Rangiwha-Green, Waikato Pistons; Harris Solomon, Hawke's Bay; Delroi Heu, Waikato Pistons - second division men's basketball at the Hastings Sports Centre, Hastings. Hawke's Bay won 74-66
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Quips & Quotes

Jonathan Dove: To learn to live for an audience of one, to listen for heaven's applause.

Living the Dream

"From a local hospital orderly to the hospital chaplain: "It’s pretty hard to stay an atheist around here." "Why?" "All the miracles." "What do you mean?" "Recently a man died, and we had given him the resuscitation to no effect. The doctors had signed off time of death and called in the family. The Doctor had an idea, 'What if we shock him one more time.' They did and he came back to life! They thought he would have brain issues. No issues." "

Living the Dream, a series of true and verified stories of real people who have encountered God for themselves and have learnt to apply His principles in their normal everyday world, sourced from Heaven in Business

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Back before big bridges

Ye Olde Road through the Matahorua Gorge, SH2

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Crime scene in Hastings

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Lesley Stewart, fruit and vege seller in the Hastings Mall

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For all my lady fans, a boot sale in Hastings

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Gumballs and itchy-bombs

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My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader
the Havelock North Village Press and/or The Link)

I only worked one day last week, but as always the weekend yielded rich pickings - enjoy J

I can see you, you, you

Gordy Chatfield, 7, Bridge Pa, Hastings, making a kaleidoscope at Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings
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Her dad said it
Sandy Turnwald and Whiskers Turnwald, parents of Morgan Turnwald, 23, a "Cold Duck Virgin", all from Shannon, pictured with Whiskers' 1996 Harley-Davidson FLHT "Bagger", ready to leave the Cold Duck Rally, at River Park Event Centre, 750 Pourerere Rd, Otane.
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There'tis
L-R: Olivia Addis, Havelock North, Natalya Taylor, Anita Aitken-Taylor, Te Awanga, outside the Napier Municipal Theatre, Tennyson St, Napier, taking part in a Locals Day i-Spy Fun Challenge, run by Napier i-SITE.
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Chocolate lovers
L-R: Calvin Corner (Willy Wonka), Angela Seol (Veruca Salt), handing out lollies, promoting Napier's "City Sale! Sweet", on Tennyson St, Napier
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Fun fairies
L-R: Nicole Turi, Napier, Santana Wiperi, Napier, dressed as Pink Butterfly Fairies, at the Sound Shell, Napier, taking part in a Locals Day i-Spy Fun Challenge, run by Napier i-SITE.
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Little runner
L-R: Sam Hawke, Napier, Lily Wilson, Amber Wilson, Napier, near the Sound Shell, Napier, taking part in a Locals Day i-Spy Fun Challenge, run by Napier i-SITE.
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Looking for clues
L-R: Emily Wakely, Napier, with her cousins from Hamilton, Sophie Holten, Olivia Holten, on Marine Parade, Napier, taking part in a Locals Day i-Spy Fun Challenge, run by Napier i-SITE.
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Funday Sunday
Centre: Nick Biles, 11, Napier, having fun jousting at Inflatable World, Thames St, Pandora, Napier
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Quips & Quotes

Bruce Arnold: To value people equals to honour them, speak well of, think well of, act well towards.

Living the Dream

"Coffee Creek Prison, Portland - One of the inmates needed new glasses and was having trouble getting new glasses. She asked for prayer to get new glasses, instead God healed her vision so she doesn't need to even wear glasses any longer. She shares her testimony and based on that testimony they prayed for another female inmate who was complaining about blurry vision and the frustration with reading. Her vision cleared up instantly."

Living the Dream, a series of true and verified stories of real people who have encountered God for themselves and have learnt to apply His principles in their normal everyday world, sourced from Dream Culture: Bringing your Dreams to Life

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The Mohaka Viaduct
 Hawke's Bay's most photographed bridge

 I've got to admit, I had a bit of fun with this one  J

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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Muralis in situ in Raupunga

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The common Kiwi

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Absolutely no passing!
(sometimes bumps in the road are there to save you....)

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Puss waits for party to start

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Simple, yet elegant (Part II)

An update on a post I uploaded a couple of weeks ago:

The box I photographed was one of a series of works, entitled A Good Yarn" by Tania Cooney, a Napier Inner City Marketing initiative.

"A rolling ball of yarn creates the connections, whilst the different images tell the story of Napier’s relationship to the many heritage buildings with links to old woolstore sites."

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Skewed perspective?

Matthew Beveridge has an interesting blog on the use of social media in the lead up to the 2014 general election. His latest post is about the effectiveness of a fan-shaped graphic put out by the National Party, which is unusually distorted:

 

 

Here's my photoshopped version where I've "corrected" the perspective:

 

 

In the half-a-second attention span particular to most users of social media, the top version is pretty clever and, I think, effective in that without any deep analysis it makes me 'feel' the drop, especially if I'm scrolling down as I read. The lower one, I've seen before.

 

Regarding the message, my main comment is that it's all very well projecting four years ahead, but the graph really should show the previous four as well to have much relevance, particularly in election year when budgets tend to be rosy.

 

Neither do I consider a projection to be "evidence". Someone more cynical than me might regard that as a skewed perspective in more ways than one.

 

What do you think?

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the Havelock North Village Press and/or The Link)

Pretty as a picture

Joni Holden, Hastings, with an untitled work - eXpidition, an exhibition by eXit, a collective of artists, at Hastings Community Arts Centre, Hastings
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Even fake, it makes me squirm
L-R: Tiffles Hansen; Ali Beal, make-up tutor; Renee Menzies - taking part in an experience in screen production at EIT Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier - free taste of different programmes available, Beat the Boredom in the July school holidays
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Dumb crook
Kevin Knox, owner, Video Ezy Greenmeadows, Napier, with a charity donation box for Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, which a Video Ezy member tried to steal, but was thwarted by the Velcro dots by which it was attached to the counter.
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I can do this
Georgie Hanna, 6, Hastings, practising controlled braking, at a BikeNZ Learn To Ride holiday programme at Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park, Hastings, a one-day cycling programme for 6-10 year-olds, to develop their fundamental skills, confidence and enjoyment of cycling
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Looking for work in Hawke's Bay
Bianca Saath, Hastings, has been working for 10 months on the Mercy Ships in the Congo
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That's one to us
Centre: Mac Wilcox scored a goal for Central under-18 men, hockey vs North Harbour, at Park Island, Napier
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Big boys' toys
L-R: Corey Small, Stratford, Aaron Young, New Plymouth, racing New Zealand Saloon Cars event - Extreme Global New Zealand Under-16 radio-controlled Stock Car Championships, hosted by Hawke's Bay RC Speedway, at the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds, Hastings
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Crowd-pleaser
Neil Burns, Hastings Rugby and Sports, running in for a try - premier rugby vs Clive, at Clive. Hastings won 47-3
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Quips & Quotes

Mr Speaker: When we throw mud, we lose ground.

Living the Dream

"AJ had a background as an Occupational therapist in Germany. She would regularly have clients experiencing what we would call encounters with God during their therapy sessions. While she was interning with me, she established a friendship with one of the local city officials. One day she was visiting this city official to drop off a gift. The official was clearly unsettled about something, so she inquired about what was going on. He shared that his father had been diagnosed with leukemia and was not expected to live beyond four months.

She immediately responded by saying she had a problem with anyone dying from disease because Jesus paid for that not to happen (Jesus’ blood heals every sickness and disease). She then told him a testimony of another person being healed from cancer and offered a quick, 30-second prayer for the official’s father. The next week she heard back that the official’s father had gone in for follow-up tests, and the doctors could no longer find the leukemia!"

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Winter blues 

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