Rivulets #beach #evening #driftwood #hokio #hōkio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #aotearoa

Reaching #beach #evening #driftwood #hokio #hōkio #hokiobeach #horowhenua #aotearoa

Hōkio morning #morning #hokio #hōkio #hokiobeach #spring #garden #beach #sun #dawn #horowhenua #aotearoa

A break in the weather #waterfront #stormbreak #spring #evansbay #wellington #aotearoa

Happy Father’s Day dad! It’s been so delightful to spend time with you and mum over the last few days in our shared bubble. #fathersday #lockdown #level3 #family #walks #wellington #aotearoa

Moody waters #water #moody #spring #shellybay #wellington #aotearoa

Walks around Wellington #walks #wellington #lockdown #exercise #level3 #aotearoa

Morning, Greta Point. #evansbay #gretapoint #wellington #lockdown #level3 #aotearoa

Sunny day #spring #wellington #lockdown #level3 #uniteagainstcovid19 #aotearoa

Evening walk. #lockdown #lockdownnz #wellingtonnz #aotearoa

Flat water, evening walk. #lockdown #lockdownnz #wellingtonnz #aotearoa

Au clair de la lune. #moon #night #moonlight #wellingtonnz #aotearoanz

#morena #teaomarama #evastreet #hannahslaneway #wellingtonnz #aotearoanz

Morning over Hauraki

Wellington Harbour. Winter.

(c) Andrew McCarthy (https://cosmicbackground.io/):

"The Partial Eclipse, not long before totality. A good time to view the way light color splits as it bends around the Earth".

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth / Ngāmotu, Aotearoa.

Winter sun in Wellington

City park, Wellington

Reflections #lestweforget

Hokio evenings

Glorious sunny day on Cuba Street, Wellington NZ

Views of Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Hokio Beach morning

Our first visit on 6 February was to Te Ana a Nunuku (Nunuku’s cave) and the petroglyphs (rock carvings) that can be found there, carved in bas relief over the top of an ancient cave mouth.

Our excellent guide Deborah Goomes indicated that tradition connects Nunuku’s cave with Nunuku-whenua, the Moriori chief who established ‘Nunuku’s Law’ which forbade war, cannibalism and murder.

The petroglyphs depict seals, birds, faces and other elements of Moriori culture and tradition.