Photo Blog

Weekend warriors

Posted on 13 November 2018 Clearly audible chants in te reo were spurring this dragon boat team as it trained on a very placid Wellington Harbour on Sunday morning. © 2018 Ross Collins

Fire!

Posted on 12 November 2018 Yesterday's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice included a spectacular and rare firing of a 100 gun salute from the Te Papa walkway on the Wellington waterfront. © 2018 Ross Collins

Work and play

Posted on 11 November 2018 As yachts were manoeuvring before the start of a mixed class race at the Worser Bay Boating Club yesterday, a diver working on preparations for concrete work associated with construction of the new clubhouse building took a look in my direction. © 2018 Ross Collins

Mates

Posted on 10 November 2018 Very familiar to locals, this bus shelter at the bottom of Rintoul Street is a colourful feature of the Newtown streetscape. © 2018 Ross Collins

Setting sun

Posted on 9 November 2018 The sun was just beginning to slip down behind the South Island when I captured this image at Tarakena Bay on Tuesday evening. © 2018 Ross Collins

Hardy perennial

Posted on 8 November 2018 On Monday, regular visitor 'Noordam' made the first of seven scheduled visits to Wellington this season before leaving for Napier, accompanied by the Centreport pilot boat 'Te Haa' as it was passing Pencarrow Head. © 2018 Ross Collins

Leading from the front

Posted on 7 November 2018 Nick Granville was both conducting and playing in his big band at The Third Eye on Monday night. © 2018 Ross Collins

Project runway

Posted on 6 November 2018 Contractors were making hay while the sun was shining at the Wellington International Airport yesterday. © 2018 Ross Collins

Contorted geometry

Posted on 5 November 2018 The colourful artwork on this bus shelter on the lower slopes of Mt Victoria, near Mt Cook School, is very different to any other I've seen. © 2018 Ross Collins

Let's get outta here

Posted on 4 November 2018 "Sea Princess" was passing Steeple Rock as it departed from Wellington bound for Napier early last evening in the same gale-force storm conditions in which it arrived and which had prevailed all day. © 2018 Ross Collins

Life's colourful tapestry

Posted on 3 November 2018 Yesterday I took the opportunity to capture an image of Wellington's new rainbow crossing. To maintain to the integrity of the scene in front of me, I did not remove the skid marks on the road, the used condom wrapper in the gutter nor the discarded fag-end on the footpath from my final processed image. © 2018 Ross Collins

Consignment delivered

Posted on 2 November 2018 The flight crew driving the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Wellington on Sunday were manoeuvring their RNZAF B757-2K2 aircraft to its park. © 2018 Ross Collins

Shades of grey

Posted on 1 November 2018 Taking a wider view of the RNZAF B757-2K2 aircraft parked at Wellington International Airport in yesterday's post resulted in this moody image. © 2018 Ross Collins

At least it's dry

Posted on 31 October 2018 While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were occupied with events in Wellington and at the Abel Tasman National Park yesterday, their RNZAF B757-2K2 transport had been relocated to another location on the western apron at Wellington International Airport where it was being accorded close security. © 2018 Ross Collins

For a walk in the park

Posted on 30 October 2018 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were last to board one of two RNZAF NH90 helicopters carrying them, their entourage and a media pack to an event in the Abel Tasman National Park yesterday. © 2018 Ross Collins