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 

Just the one day this week too, I could get used to this ☺
(though to be accurate, it's cos I worked a weekend in the middle of a couple of weeks annual leave)

Yummy

Strawberries at Farmers Market, Hawke's Bay Showgrounds, Hastings. 

Luxury

Avocados at Farmers Market, Hawke's Bay Showgrounds, Hastings.

Anzac rivalry

Overarm or underarm - Mitre 10 Mega billboard on SH2, just north of Clive.

Maori experience

Seated: Jim Edwards, owner, Nga Tukemata o Kahungunu waka, with cruise ship passengers, on the Clive River, Clive. 

Sad end

House fire, property next to Omahu School, Taihape Rd, Omahu, Hastings. 

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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 

Just the one day's work this week, but that was long enough to have some fun ☺

Jumper

Konrad Troup, 11, Hastings, at the official opening of Bay Skate, Marine Parade, Napier. 

Gotcha

Josh Paerau, out, LBW, Napier Tech Old Boys; Liam Dudding, bowler, Cornwall - premier 50-over cricket at Nelson Park, Napier. 

Too fast for you

L-R: Tridon McClutchie, Saints, safe home; Darryl Tamati, backstop, Flaxmere - softball at Akina Park, Hastings. 

Nice night out

L-R: Jimmy Bos, Tauranga, Grace McLintock, Havelock North, walking into Cox Partners Hawke's Bay Christmas at the Park, Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds, Hastings. 

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh

On the Scream Machine, Mahons Amusements and carnival, a first time attraction at Cox Partners Hawke's Bay Christmas at the Park, Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds, Hastings.

Woohoo

L-R: Hannah Lunn, 6, Taradale, Isla Clark, 4, Hastings, on the Dragon Wagon, Mahons Amusements and carnival, a first time attraction at Cox Partners Hawke's Bay Christmas at the Park, Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds, Hastings. 

Overwhelmed

Hunter Mudd, 2, Napier, at Cox Partners Hawke's Bay Christmas at the Park, Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds, Hastings. 

Hot work

Hastings Fire Service and Hastings District Council Volunteer Rural Fire Brigades, plus choppers, helicopters with monsoon buckets, put out a grass fire on Boundary Rd, Te Hauke, Central Hawke's Bay. 

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Moving Pictures

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

Just the one video this week, such a busy boy ☺

Bay Skate opens in Napier (video)

L-R: Pyper Jennings (Misty Meaner), 10, Napier, Angel Russell, Napier, Bay City Rollers - Official opening of Bay Skate, Marine Parade, Napier. 

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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 

 One on one

L-R: Patrick O'Sullivan, ace business reporter, Hawke's Bay Today, interviewing Chris Quin, North Island manager, Foodstuffs, guest speaker at an Icehouse Christmas lunch at The Old Church., Meeanee, Napier.

Happy homeless

Jimmy - Adopt a Pet at Napier and Districts SPCA, Napier

Body also available

Adolfina - Adopt a Pet at Hastings and Districts SPCA, Hastings.

Not so sure

Pepper or Pippa, a penguin in the Penguin Cove at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Napier, one of the first pair of penguin chicks to be raised in captivity in New Zealand since the early 1990s.

Never too hot for a pie

L-R: Brock Wellings, Wellington, Ray Moo, Wellington, in Hawke's Bay to watch their mother run in the Iron Maori half IronMan, eating lunch sitting on the sheep in the Hastings CBD, Hastings, in pleasantly hot sunny weather.

Hey there

Lucy Keighley, Hastings, on her cellphone, mobile phone, walking through the Hastings CBD, Hastings, past the Christmas tree, in pleasantly hot sunny weather.

Climber

Alec Stanton-Croom, 4, Clive, on a climbing frame at the Lions' Community Park in Sylvan Rd, Hastings, in pleasantly hot sunny weather.

Hot work

Police, Hastings and Napier Fire Services and St John Ambulance attended a fire at 602 Miller St, Hastings, where the house appeared to be gutted.

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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 

Scary fun

Front: Jordan Toheriri, 9, Hastings, who is totally blind - Flight Centre Foundation Halberg Disability Water Sports Day at Waimarama Beach, Waimarama.

Cerebral courage

Centre: Liv Fountain, 10, Clive, who has cerebral palsy - Flight Centre Foundation Halberg Disability Water Sports Day at Waimarama Beach, Waimarama.

On the job

Joshua Rowe, orchard worker, Turners and Growers, on an orchard near Haumoana.

Cranford pixies

L-R: Julie Russell, owner, Round Pond Garden, Rosser Rd, Bridge Pa; Amanda Aitken, marketing and volunteer co-ordinator, Janice Byford-Jones, CEO, Yvonne Gibb, facilities/quality manager, Karen Franklin, clinical services manager, Nathalie Van Dort, marketing and fundraising manager, Cranford Hospice, Hastings; Mike Russell, owner, Round Pond Garden, Rosser Rd, Bridge Pa - pictured amongst the cornflowers, handover of $70,000 raised at the Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition.

 Li'l cutie

L-R: Dom Brown, their 14 month-old daughter Elliot, Rachel Burt, pictured in the Cape View Penthouse of The Dome, Marine Parade, Napier - winners of a luxury weekend for a Havelock North family, after a gastro outbreak in Havelock North, from a Hastings District Council water supply.

Hammer and tongs

Right: Tony Morrell, Hastings, training under the eye of Merrill Purcell at Flaxmere Boxing Academy, in preparation for a charity boxing event in Wairoa.

The high way

Fire Service and police attended a sulphur fire at Ravensdown fertiliser plant, Awatoto, Napier. SH2 was closed from Waitangi Rd to Farndon rd for what was expected to be "a long time".

Cri-i-i-i-ick

Aaron Shirley, physiotherapist, working on Cory Chettleburgh, Hawke's Bay United, before his soccer, football training session at Petane Domain, Bay View, Napier.

Patch job

Recent road works on Waimarama Rd, between Ocean Beach Rd turnoff and Waimarama.

We've spent a bit here

The old Rebel Sport site in Heretaunga St East, Hastings. The retail store has moved to The Park Mega Centre in Hastings.

Still looking good

The old Briscoes Homeware site in Heretaunga St East, Hastings. The retail store has moved to The Park Mega Centre in Hastings.

Tui trio

L-R: Zoe Tong, Georgia Fowles, Emma Trail, Tui Girls, Mangatainoka Tui Brewery Girls, at the first event of the centenary celebrations at Napier RSA, Napier.

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Moving Pictures

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

Just the one video this week  ☺

Awatoto sulphur fire goes to fifth alarm (video)

Fire Service and police speak to media soon after attending a sulphur fire at Ravensdown fertiliser plant at Awatoto, near Napier. SH2 was closed from Waitangi Rd to Farndon Rd for what was expected to be "a long time." 

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