Tuesday 27 December 2016

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺ 
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courierthe 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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Tuesday 20 December 2016

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺ 
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courierthe Hastings Leader,

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

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

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

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

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. photograph
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. 

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. photograph
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.

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. photograph
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. 

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

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. photograph
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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Monday 19 December 2016

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 ☺

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

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺ 
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courierthe Hastings Leader,

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. photograph
 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.

Jimmy - Adopt a Pet at Napier and Districts SPCA, Napier photograph
Happy homeless
Jimmy - Adopt a Pet at Napier and Districts SPCA, Napier

Adolfina - Adopt a Pet at Hastings and Districts SPCA, Hastings. photograph
Body also available
Adolfina - Adopt a Pet at Hastings and Districts SPCA, Hastings.

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. photograph
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.

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. photograph
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.

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

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

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. photograph
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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Tuesday 6 December 2016

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺ 
(including at times, photos for the Napier Courierthe Hastings Leader,

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

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

Joshua Rowe, orchard worker, Turners and Growers, on an orchard near Haumoana. photograph
On the job
Joshua Rowe, orchard worker, Turners and Growers, on an orchard near Haumoana.

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. photograph
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.

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. photograph
 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.

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

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". photograph
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".

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

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

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

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

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. photograph
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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Monday 5 December 2016

Moving Pictures

My choice of video from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺
Just the one video this week  ☺

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." photograph
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."