Convenience, Te Pai Place
This convenience, lovingly decorated with a spider’s web, is in Te Pai Place, Lincoln North. …
Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Month: April 2014 (Page 1 of 3)
Old Mangere Bridge
The disused old Mangere bridge is a popular fishing spot.…
Mandala by Miranda Brown
One of Miranda Brown‘s Mandalas at the New Lynn train station. A diesel engine pushes a train through its trench. Before too long, this will be history, electrification is the word! (If all goes according to plan, today should see the first electric trains running on the Onehunga line, after a public launch yesterday.)…
Blockhouse Bay
Oystercatchers roosting as the tide comes in.…
Auckland Green Gecko
Shown here in black and white – this is an Auckland Green Gecko (Naultinus elegans elegans), on display at the Arataki Visitor Centre. They are part of the native fauna of the Waitakeres, but I have yet to sight one in the wild, even though I live in the midst of kanuka trees, one of their favourite haunts.…
Prow, Detail (Matariki Carvers of Te Kawerau a Maki)
April 25 is Anzac Day, a day on which New Zealanders and Australians commemorate the casualties of wars. Many places in the country feature a “War Memorial Library”, “War memorial Hall” and so on.…
Lighthouse Letterbox
From my walks in Titirangi.…
La Cimbali
A polished espresso machine at La Cigale French markets in Parnell.…
Hot Bread
Totara Bakery seen from McCrae Way.…
Cytoplasm (Phil Price, 2004)
Phil Price is a New Zealand sculptor specialising in kinetic works driven by wind power. “Cytoplasm” is beautifully placed on Waitemata Plaza at the Viaduct Basin. The discs move seemingly without friction, creating ever new configurations.
Made of carbon fiber, glass fiber, high temperature epoxy, precision bearings, stainless steel.…
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