Spice of Life

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

(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader,

and/or the Havelock North Village Press

Cheese slicer?

The moon and the viewing platform at night, Marine Parade, Napier.

Pretty Napier

Coloured lights at night, on trees and bushes in Clive Square, Napier.

Bird life

L-R: Shisharna-Rose Green, Kimberley Green, Daniel Chapman-Green, Napier, with Nanny Julie Heading, Hastings, school holiday fun in the warm sunny weather, feeding the seagulls, Hardinge Rd, Ahuriri, Napier.

 High jump

Romeo Raki, Kawerau - school holidays at William Nelson Skate Park, Hastings.

Longstayer

Adam Bradey, Havelock North Rugby Club, Havelock North, will be playing his 150th premier game this weekend.

No choice

"You must speak English at all times" - sign on the door at New Horizon College of English, Napier.

Sky's the limit

L-R: Teorepi Ioane, Hastings, with son Jason Birch, 11, Hastings - The cubic structural evolution project, lego, at Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings.

What a view

Lots of people walking, running, walking their dogs, on the ever-popular Te Mata Peak, Havelock North, enjoying the warm sunny winter weather.

Kid gloves essential

L-R: Andrew Castles, CEO, Hawke's Bay Racing, Tess Castles, pictured with the Melbourne Cup on Te Mata Peak, Havelock North, one of the stops on the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour. Andrew Castles tendered for the cup to come to Hawke's Bay.

Comin' thru

With ball: Dan McIntyre, No 15, Taradale - rugby at Carters Arms Park, Taradale, Napier. NOBM Napier Old Boys Marist beat Taradale 34-21.

Bad boy

Dave Goodall, Referee gives yellow card to No 7, NOBM - rugby at Carters Arms Park, Taradale, Napier. NOBM Napier Old Boys Marist beat Taradale 34-21.

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Shane Dooney, Napier site manager, Container Co (NZL Ltd), on the new site for their container park at the end of Mersey St, Pandora, Napier, to be relocated from its current site in Tangaroa St, Ahuriri, Napier. 

Noisy neighbours move on

Napier Hill residents are happy that Napier Container Park Battery Rd is to be relocated from Tangaroa St, Ahuriri, to Mersey St, Pandora, Napier. The park is operated by Container Co (NZL Ltd).

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Spice of Life

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

(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader,

and/or the Havelock North Village Press

Careful does it

Graham Palmer, Napier - Erosion of the beach and the shingle bank near the Westshore Surf Lifesaving Club, Westshore Beach, Westshore, Napier, after higher than usual seas at the weekend.

Smashed

A nearby property already gone - Emergency services were called to 7 Clifton Rd, Haumoana, at the weekend when part of the property colapsed in higher than usual seas.

Aiming high

Mahia Isherwood, 17, Napier, off to Las Vegas in the US for fourth time to compete in university grade basketball tournament.

 Colours

Most of the kids in this photo are from the warmer region of Kaio, Northland, dressed for the cooler weather on the playground at Russell Park, Waipukurau.

Above it all

Smoke, mist over Heretaunga Plains between Te Mata Peak, Havelock North and Napier Hill, Napier.

Scary

This may have been the tree in question - Police, St John Ambulance and the fire service were called to Te Mata Peak, Havelock North, to search for a person after someone heard a tree crashing and a scream. Pictured near the Little Redwoods.

Betters

L-R: Glen Pickering, festival director, Sally Jackson, Art Deco Trust - pictured in the Gatsby Room, Art Deco Masonic Hotel, with funny money, promo for this weekend's Royal Flush Casino Night, an event in the Hawke's Bay Toyota Winter Deco Weekend.

Royal tour

L-R: Craig Foss, National MP, Tukituki; Paula Bennett, National MP, associate minister of tourism, arrived at MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, to speak to members of the Hawke's Bay tourism industry, in a 1938 Packard 1600, driven by James Francis, Taradale, Napier.

Lighter moment

L-R: Mike Paku, chairman, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, also board member Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated; Noelene Smiler, Wellington, board member Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated; Marei Apatu, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga - Paula Bennett, National MP, associate minister of finance, social housing minister, spoke to a Post-Budget Hui, organised by Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated, at Ellwood Function Centre, Hastings.

Questions

L-R: Adele Whyte, CEO, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated; Miriama Hammond, board member, Wairoa Taiwhenua - Paula Bennett, National MP, associate minister of finance, social housing minister, spoke to a Post-Budget Hui, organised by Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated, at Ellwood Function Centre, Hastings.

Serious business

Deco Bay Brass, a Hawke's Bay band - Parade of Bands event of the 2016 Deco Bay Festival of Brass, The New Zealand Brass Band Championships, started on Station St, Napier.

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Erosion of the beach and the shingle bank near the Westshore Surf Lifesaving Club, Westshore Beach, Westshore, Napier, after higher than usual seas at the weekend.

Westshore Beach battered again

Local residents are upset after high seas at the weekend eroded more of the shingle bank at Westshore Beach, Napier. Rebekah Philson reports

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Spice of Life

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

(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader,

and/or the Havelock North Village Press

Cold up there

Snow on the Kaweka ranges, pictured from SH2, north of Napier

Power on

One of the power generating stations at Tuai, inland from Frasertown, Northern Hawke's Bay.

Hideaway

View of Tuai, near  Lake Whakamarino, inland from Frasertown, Northern Hawke's Bay. A murder was said to have occurred in Tuai. Police arrested a man.

Curious

Dr Harry Whiteside, director, veterinarian, Vet Services Hawke's Bay, Waipukurau, awarded Sheep and Beef Cattle Vet of the Year, a national award.

 Happy big brother

Serena Braam, Takapau, with her son Samuel Parker, 15 months and her new baby, no name yet, Baby Parker, born last night, 8lb 6oz, first baby born at Waioha, the new low risk maternity unit at Hawke's Bay Hospital, Hastings.

Committed

Zacob Zurcher, designated hitter for the Saints and Junior Black Sox softball teams, in the batting cage which has been erected in his family's backyard.

Scintillating

L-R: Lawrence Yule, mayor, Hastings District Council, Mike Walker, Wallace Development Co - Grand opening of the new Suzelle Lingerie shop in the Hastings Mall, Heretaunga St West, Hastings CBD, Hastings.

Tragedy

House fire at 807 Albert St, Hastings.

The Last Supper

L-R: Anton Luten, Jono Hunt, Jacob Geuze, Cameron Price, Jascha Oldham-Selak, Mauro Negri, Ryan Fraser, Luke Cornwall, finalists in the Hawke's Bay Young Viticulturist of the Year, dinner event at Te Awa Estate Winery, Ngatarawa, SH50, Hastings.

Boys will be boys

L-R: James Miles, Ezra Aguilar, Chaka Luki, Hastings Intermediate School - Surface flooding, Karamu Rd South, Hastings.

Tough job

Arona Williams, umpire - netball at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier

Girls in action

L-R: Jade Waldin, GD, HHSOG Hastings High School Old Girls, Kate Pearse, GA, Havelock North
L-R: Rhandell Tuala-Fata, WA, All In, Jasmine Primmer, WD, Central 
L-R: Kimiora Poi, C, Outkasts, Claire McGettigan, WD, Otane
Netball at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier.

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My choice of video from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺

This one took me from Dannevirke to Napier and I couldn't have done it without the info provided by the reporters - and my daughter Jo, the driver of the little white car ☺ Unfortunately time constraints didn't allow the car to feature in all the locations as per my original concept. (You've got to have fun, right?)

Christian St, Dannevirke

Hawke's Bay real estate market "up 20%"

Hawke's Bay real estate agents say out-of-town buyers have helped to push property values up to 20% higher in the last year.

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Spice of Life

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

(including at times, photos for the Napier Courier, the Hastings Leader,

and/or the Havelock North Village Press

Confrontation

L-R: Dr Trevor Le Lievre, protester; Peter Butler, mayor, Central Hawke's Bay District Council, a supporter - Protesters outside the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Napier, before a meeting about the Ruataniwha Dam in Central Hawke's Bay. 

Tragedy

A male driver died after he drove through a stop sign on Plantation Rd into the path of another vehicle travelling along Ongaonga Rd, Ongaonga, Central Hawke's Bay. Police, fire service and St John Ambulance attended.

Fun times

L-R: Jackie Carr, owner, Anne Joyce, staff, Ian Carr Jeweller, Taradale, Napier, closing after 43 years.

It's an art form

Kate Franklin, Sacred Hill, competing in the spitting event of the Vin Olympics section of the 2016 Tonnelleri de Mercury Hawke's Bay Young Winemaker of the year, at the winery at EIT Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier.

Concentration

Tom Hindmarsh, Dry River, Martinborough, competing in the wine service event of the Vin Olympics section of the 2016 Tonnelleri de Mercury Hawke's Bay Young Winemaker of the year, at the winery at EIT Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier.

Just scary

Nate Bailey in a dress rehearsal of Midnight in the Library, a school play at Te Mata School, Havelock North.

Happy horse

Michael Mitchell on Mr Mor, winner of the Animal Health Direct Hawke's Bay Steeplechase, Race 7, $50,000, 4800m - races at Hawkes Bay Racecourse, Hastings.

Happy owners

Michael Mitchell on Mr Mor, winner of the Animal Health Direct Hawke's Bay Steeplechase, Race 7, $50,000, 4800m - races at Hawkes Bay Racecourse, Hastings.

There's no stopping him

No 10, Johnny Lauano, Napier Old Boys Marist, scoring a try - rugby vs Havelock North, at Park Island, Napier. 

Celebration

No 10, Johnny Lauano, Napier Old Boys Marist, after scoring a try - rugby vs Havelock North, at Park Island, Napier. 

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I had some fun with one, the first time I've added music (now that I've found an easy-to-navigate free music site with no accreditation needed ☺
That said, I can't believe so many people used umbrellas for just a bit of light rain!

A shopper with an umbrella walks past the sheep in the Hastings CBD, Hastings, in light rain

Brollies parade in Hastings CBD

Brollies came out in force after light rain in the Hastings CBD.

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