Spice of Life

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)

This week was another incredibly busy week, with so much variety of work. The following pics represent maybe a quarter of the assignments I completed J

Last rites

Father Simon Story - Funeral for Allan Potts, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hastings
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Spikes of Honour
Funeral for Allan Potts at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hastings. The pallbearers were L-R: Nick Potts, Bernard Potts, John Emery, Richard Potts (obscured: Gerard Potts, David Emery)
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Pub food
A meal, burger and beer, at Down The Road Hawke's Bay, Hastings
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So much talent
Maude Morris, Taradale, Napier, with Buster the cat, her camera, coloured pens and her guitar, all which feature in a new theme song and video she wrote and produced for Barnardos 0800 Whatsup
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Winning argument
L-R: Mike Maguire, group manager corporate and customer services; Lawrence Yule, mayor, Cynthia Bowers, deputy mayor, Hastings District Council - speaking at a meeting of The Local Government Commission, at Hastings District Council, Hastings
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No time to slow down
Trevor Page, 95, retiring and closing up Page Plating, Onekawa, Napier, the business he started 59 years ago, pictured in the tank room that used to hold the acid baths
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Never out of fashion
Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt - Early morning powhiri to start the weekend's competition for the O'Shea Shield, a cultural tournament between 17 Catholic Secondary Schools from the Lower North Island, held at St John's College, Hastings.
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Team talk
Maelstrom, Auckland, talking through their offensive strategy, using business cards and coffee cards, before their game - second round of the National League B grade and C grade Canoe Polo Championships, at Flaxmere Waterworld, Flaxmere, Hastings
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Shot for goal

With ball: Kaya Shlomi, Hurrikets A, Hawkes Bay, playing Hurrikets B, Hawke's Bay - second round of the National League B grade and C grade Canoe Polo Championships, at Flaxmere Waterworld, Flaxmere, Hastings
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Taste test
L-R: Meg Dinneen, Lochie Dinneen, Puketitiri, trying Rockit Apples, produced in Hawke's Bay - Better Home and Living Show, Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, Napier
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Gaining support
L-R: Bruce Lochhead, Havelock North, Craig Foss, National MP, Tukituki electorate, Kerri-anne Page, Hastings - signing a petition re proposed cycleway on the railway from Napier to Gisborne - Ramblers Cycling Club race day at Puketapu
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Gotta be just so
L-R: Ashleigh Butler, front-of-house student at EIT, setting a table for three; Caroline Shaw, head judge, Hawke's Bay Restaurant of the Year competition - Hawke's Bay Regional Salon Culinaire, run by New Zealand Chefs Association, at EIT Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier.
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So tempting
Hawke's Bay Regional Salon Culinaire, run by New Zealand Chefs Association, at EIT Eastern Institute of technology, Taradale, Napier.
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Chefs confer
L-R: Kayla Hughes, Tamra Robinson, chef students at EIT, Hawke's Bay Restaurant of the Year competition - Hawke's Bay Regional Salon Culinaire, run by New Zealand Chefs Association, at EIT Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier.
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Warming up
L-R: Hayley Porter, Libby Richards, duet, Hastings Girls' High school, Hastings, warming up before their turn on stage at the Hawke's Bay heats of  Smokefreerockquest, at Napier Boys' High School, Napier
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Chaaaarrrgge!
With ball: Shavaughn Dellow, Hawke's Bay Unicorns women, rugby league vs Manawatu Mustangs Invitation side, at Bill Mathewson Park, Hastings. HB won 30-18
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Man on
L-R: Andy Bevin, Napier City Rovers; Josh Margetts, Wairarapa United - soccer, football at Park Island, Napier
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