Highly skilled alpine specialists and helicopter crews undergo regular training to perform rescues in extreme and often treacherous environments and conditions. Fortunately for me the sun was shining when I hitched a ride.
This mischievous sea lion had the door of a St Clair cafe closed in its face as it made a bee-line for the entrance. I suspect the delighted diners might have changed their tune if it was allowed in.
Should this sincere, brave-looking young woman have been the face of our hospital campaign?
Usually roadside hawks take to the air as soon as you hit the brakes to slow down. This hungry hawk feeding on a freshly killed hare beside SH87 near Kokonga, however, did not move. It allowed me to close to a road-width away only protectively covering the hare with its wings.
Three generations of the Innes family, all members of the Omarama Volunteer Fire Brigade (from left) Geva, Tania and Madison, delight as they train their hose towards the photographer.
Scouting around the Lindis on a snowy day looking for a picture, I was delighted to find this Chinese couple who were in the South Island for wedding photos. Drs Alison Ou and Crystal Sun were on day two of a three-day wedding shoot when the road to Aoraki/Mt Cook, their planned location for the day, was closed due to heavy snow. Ya Zhuo, a Christchurch-based photographer, pushed on towards Queenstown but stopped outside the Dunstan Downs woolshed on the Lindis as snow drifted down, turning the landscape into a picturesque backdrop. Crystal was photographed in six different gowns during the shoot.
Skipper Teone Taiaroa hangs on to the rail of his sinking fishing boat as it is pounded by waves. As a photographer at the scene of trauma there is always a conflict between empathy for those involved and capturing the shot. Fortunately in this instance, Teone and his crewman were plucked to safety in a textbook rescue.
