Orewa beach walkers

Wrights Water Garden

Hamilton Gardens

Sculpture in the gardens

Queen Elizabeth Square

Mum doing the finishing touches after four months repairs to the house more than three years after the first big earthquake

At Wellington airport

Father Christmas - with a long history

This Father Christmas was originally on the Farmers building in Hobson street. I don't know for how long but it was there in 1976 when I moved to Auckland. When the Farmers closed mid 1990's it ended up in storage only to be restored and put in Queen street in recent times. One of his eyes used to wink and his finger moved but I think maybe this was thought too sleazy for modern day Santa.

Sky City Auckland - sleaze

Sunsets on another Auckland weekend