Photo of the day - February

TESTING THE WATER: Model Christie Wright, 22, gets the feel of the Breaker Bay rocks before Sunday's nude photo shoot. (27 February 2010)

WHICH WAY'S UP?: A Shaolin monk from the acrobatic arts festival show Sutra toys with gravity at Frank Kitts Park. (26 February 2010)

TASTY TREAT: Steven Va'a, from Miramar South School, at Parliament. He and other pupils learned about food safety and were given free lunches. (25 February 2010)

FACE OF EVIL: Gallery director Avenal McKinnon stands next to a portrait of Clayton Weatherston which is entered in the Adam Portraiture Award. (24 February 2010)

SPLIT SHIFT: Wellington rural fire fighter Matt King battled the Titahi Bay blaze until late at night and was back on duty early yesterday morning. (23 February 2010)

THROUGH THE HAZE: Paul Willis and Corrine Erdbeer are moved on by police as Morning View Gr is evacuated while a massive fire raged in Titahi Bay, Porirua. (22 February 2010)

THE TWO GEORGES: Dentists George Hunt Sr, left, and George Jnr have worked together for 25 years. (20 February 2010)

FAB FOUR: From left, the Phoenix back four of Troy Hearfield, Jon McKain, Andrew Durante, and Tony Lochhead have been watertight of late. (19 February 2010)

HAPPY NOTES: Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra members Andy Morley-Hall, left, and Age Pryor manage to raise a smile from patient Ana Aselemo at Wellington Hospital's cancer ward. (18 February 2010)

SNAIL TRAIL: James Crampton pictured with an ancient Turret snail fossil he found in the Hurupi Stream in southern Wairarapa. He has just published a book for children saying where ones like this and others can be found. (17 February 2010)

BLOBS AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Jade Teki from Whanganui parades past new kinetic mirrored sculptures that have been erected outside Te Papa by Peter Trevelyan. (16 February 2010)

GOING, GOING...: The old nurses' home at Wellington Hospital comes down. (15 February 2010)

SHE'LL STOP TRAFFIC: Mary Cooper, Miss Lower Hutt, hits the road as the Miss New Zealand pageant moves back to Wellington this year. (13 February 2010)

GOOD LUCK MATE: Hurricanes captain Andrew Hore and Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante wish each other luck ahead of the start of the Super 14 season tonight and the end of the A-League regular season.

PEDAL POWER: Artist, performer, writer and lighting designer Marcus McShane tests the pedal-powered contraption under construction for the art installation Nag. The installation will include a record player, laptops, printers, lights, speakers and more for a daily two-hour performance for the Fringe Festival. (11 February 2010)

NOT THIS TIME: Long-distance swimmer Mike Bodger ponders his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to become the oldest person to swim Cook Strait. (10 February 2010)

EXCITING POSSIBILITIES: Research students Jessica Field and Jonathan Singh in front of an image of a Tongan sea sponge, which has properties that stop cells from dividing. It is hoped that ability could be cheaply reproduced for cancer-fighting drugs. (9 February 2010)

BROTHERLY LOVE: Photographer John Selkirk joined police on night patrol in Manurewa. These two brothers were found entwined in remorse after a fight. (6 February 2010)

SEVENS SQUAD: Vertically challenged Dan Morrah is hoisted up by 'Lakers', from left, Meredith Percival, JP Tocker, Jana Tocker, Nutzu Cahill, Sarah Buchanan and Ciaran Scott. Mr Morrah successfully applied to be the group's beer server at the Sevens. (5 February 2010)

DOUBLE-BUNKING: Corrections Minister Judith Collins takes a look at one of the new shipping container jail cells due to house prisoners at Rimutaka Prison in April. (4 February 2010)

LOOKING UP: Solar halos - also known as 22-degree halos - are caused by light bending as it hits ice crystals in very high clouds. (3 February 2010)

MANHUNT: Armed offenders squad members and regular police cordon off part of Fergusson Drive in Upper Hutt as they search for a gunman. (2 February 2010)

SUN AND SURF: Wellington turned on stunning weather for the Sovereign Capital Classic Habour Swim. (1 February 2010)

SPECIAL SPECS: Punters try on some massage glasses at the Organic River Festival. (1 February 2010)