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 

Short weeks, and only me on means a lot of assignments, but hey, I get to go for long drives and photograph fun kids ☺

Summer fun

Jocelyn Kessels, 4, Napier, on a swing at Nelly Jull Park, Waipawa, in hot sunny summer weather.

Li'l Rascal

L-R: Jared Hayes, Zachary Hayes, 16 months, Dunedin, playing in the water at A. W. Parsons Heated Pool Complex, Waipukurau, in hot sunny summer weather. 

Go Mum

Vanessa Hayes, 4, Melanie Hayes, Dunedin, playing in the water at A. W. Parsons Heated Pool Complex, Waipukurau, in hot sunny summer weather. 

 Dried out

Ongaonga Stream, SH50, Ongaonga, Central Hawke's Bay, in hot sunny summer weather.

Not rubbish

Tony Bean, supervisor, Green Sky Waste Solutions, Whakatu, near Hastings, with stacks of plastic to be recycled. 

Colourful collection

Eye-bath collection put together by Annette (surname withheld), Napier. 

Volunteer honoured

Sandy Ibbotson, co-ordinator, Napier Community Patrol, Napier, New Year's Honours.

Raring to go

John Bary, trainer, Timoti Farms, Pakipaki, Hastings, with Mae West, a horse running in the New Year Races. 

So many memories

Doc McDonald, aka Don McDonald, Havelock North, coach, Hawke's Bay Rowing Club, New Year's Honours.

Lucky lad

Geordie Calder, 11, Havelock North, won the ANZ competition to walk out to McLean Park, Napier, with Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza in the opening T20 match on Tuesday next week.

Just as resolute

Pastor Nigel Woodley, Flaxmere Christian Fellowship, Flaxmere, Hastings, taking a bus trip to Wellington to protest at Parliament about the UN resolution regarding Israel. 

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