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Going head first

Posted on 13 August 2020 As the 4,500 TEU container ship 'OOCL Busan' was gliding up the Wellington Harbour on arrival from Lyttelton yesterday, the fishing trawler 'Ornefjeld' was plowing into the strong southerly conditions as it headed to the seas off the Manawatu coast. © 2020 Ross Collins

Light, action, camera

Posted on 12 August 2020 The afternoon light seen streaming through the Paremata rail bridges on Sunday afternoon in yesterday's image was also creating beautiful colour on the water flowing under the bridges. © 2020 Ross Collins

Gone fishing

Posted on 11 August 2020 This group of young guys were trying their luck alongside the Paremata rail bridges on Sunday afternoon. © 2020 Ross Collins

Past its best

Posted on 10 August 2020 My earliest recollection of this humble building on the main road at Paremata just north of Wellington many, many decades ago is that it actually was a dental surgery, but that doesn't seem to have been the case for some time. © 2020 Ross Collins

Here comes The Bus

Posted on 9 August 2020 In fine physical shape but looking short of a gallop, former All Black Julian Savea turned out for his old club Oriental Rongotai yesterday as he began the journey to restart his career after returning from France. However, although always looking for work, his trademark withering runs were few and Ories were pipped by a final minute Poneke try 20 - 15. © 2020 Ross Collins

Merchandising in the 21st century

Posted on 8 August 2020 The recent fad of setting up a table on the footpath to sell potted plants, which I first saw in Cuba Mall, has now spread to the Kilbirnie shopping centre - except that English appears to be a far distant second language for this vendor! © 2020 Ross Collins

The future is looking brighter

Posted on 7 August 2020 There are many fine examples of heritage architecture in the Rangitikei town of Marton, but the former J.J. McDonald building, built in 1906 in the Edwardian Free Classical style, is perhaps my favourite. Accordingly, I was pleased to see that Government announcement of funding to begin the planning for its earthquake strengthening. © 2020 Ross Collins

Art in the wild

Posted on 6 August 2020 I noticed yesterday that someone had placed an elegantly twisted 'sprig' of dried seaweed among rocks along the Wellington Harbour shoreline in the Oruaiti Reserve to create something quite beautiful. © 2020 Ross Collins

In the pink

Posted on 5 August 2020 The Danish-owned tanker 'Hafnia Mikala' was arriving at Wellington from New Plymouth in the last rays of the day's light last week. © 2020 Ross Collins

Nature at work

Posted on 4 August 2020 I'm not sure what these growths are on local pine trees, but could they be the beginnings of pine cones forming? © 2020 Ross Collins

Picking up sticks

Posted on 3 August 2020 As the log carrier 'Navios Celestial' was entering Wellington Harbour from Nelson yesterday accompanied by the Centreport pilot boat 'Te Haa', the Danish yacht 'Vesterbro' was heading out on a short trip to Island Bay before returning to port later in the afternoon. © 2020 Ross Collins

End of the road

Posted on 2 August 2020 Among the boulders and former concrete building foundations at the northern end of the sea wall at the Oruaiti Reserve, I guess this old wheel likely came from the former Fort Dorset army camp built in 1911, closed as military accommodation in 1991 and finally demolished in 1998. © 2020 Ross Collins

Seeing the light

Posted on 1 August 2020 The rising sun was catching the summit of the 9,465 ft Tapuae-o-Uenuku while I was standing on the top of Point Dorset yesterday looking beyond Palmer Head and the Ataturk Memorial and across the Cook Strait to the Kaikōura Ranges on the South Island. © 2020 Ross Collins

In it like the Inuit

Posted on 31 July 2020 The St Johns Bar and Eatery, which backs onto the Taranaki Street Wharf, is operating an "Igloo Village" dining experience which was attracting some diners on Sunday night. © 2020 Ross Collins

Art deco elegance

Posted on 30 July 2020 Though I've photographed it many times before, when I saw the art deco facade of the Embassy Theatre lit in the afternoon sun this week, I took my life in my hands to find a spot in the middle of the street where the power lines would not intrude into my shot. © 2020 Ross Collins