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If you’re from around these parts, you probably know this tree.

When I saw this little aeroplane, I didn’t recognise the type but assumed it was something fairly modern. Nope! This Cessna 177B Cardinal is almost as old as me!

Not an outlandish movie prop nor kid’s toy at all.

It’s an Aussie design based on a Kiwi design based on an Aussie design that was basically a welded steel tank fitted for flight.

A beautiful Parrot’s Beak flower welcoming the rain.

It’s a little-known fact that Kōtare spend 80% of their lives sitting on man-made wires.

OK, maybe it’s a little-proven fact, too.

They’re a reasonably common sight in the margins of the harbour.

You simply cannot appreciate the polish on this aircraft until you have seen it with your own eyes.

OK, probably not a thing in poker, but a pair of Royal Spoonbills sure beats a lot of things.

There can’t be many places where you can get 100m above sea level, on solid ground, within 600m of a runway threshold.

A good place to get bird-in-flight shots is right above a fish-and-chip lunch on a windy day.

Looking through that gap, left of centre, the next land is Antarctica. Some days, it feels like it around Wellington Harbour.

I’m a sucker for pretty coloured lights. It’s one reason I don’t mind going to work in the dark.

One of the slowest, parked under one of the fastest.

This pou at Paparoa Point (north of Kaikoura) is of a man named Tūteurutira, who was a chief of Ngāi Tahu.

Wellington Harbour seen from Maungaraki, at a height of around 239m above sea level.

Chews Lane in the early morning light.

Whairepo Lagoon doesn’t disappoint.

I have stood directly in front of this scene, in the Knights of the Sky exhibition at Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre and tried to convince myself that jungle is not real.

It took me many goes to get the pronunciation right. If you prefer, they’re also known as Whiteheads.

Alternative title: Making a Splash. This male Pūtangitangi doesn’t care which you choose.

Flying is so much more fun when you can see where you’re going.

A near infinite depth of field, but also an impressive depth of landscape, seen from the North Island Main Trunk Railway, perched on the edge of the Rangitikei River Valley.