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Strawberry cider and summer fruits at Lake Okeraka.

Brooklyn running in the sand dunes of Mangawhai Heads with a summer storm approaching.

Holly balancing on the hose.

Christmas Day on Coromandel Beach.

Sunset over Wellington's south coast.

Here is the hubby & or dog Mako "putting up" the hammock for the summer holidays! Its hard work I tell you!

Sunset over Taieri Mouth in Dunedin.

Five children sitting on a park bench on Mt Kaukau, Wellington.

Kirsty's feet and Opito Bay.

Ada's first visit to the sea.

Logan Smith looking pretty in pink and about to do a good bomb at the Mohaka River last week..

Nic and Elyse - cocktails in the pool on a very hot day!

Kyla and Elsie washing down after an afternoon on the waterside.

Charlotte & Duncan Eggleston with their good friend Lily McQuillan-Reese.

Our Border Terrier Wolfie playing in the lake at Waro, close to Hikurangi.

Kiwi Christmas tree.

My son Corban at Mount Maunganui having some fun with white sand. We're from the West Coast and this is a treat!

A time honoured way to spend the summer afternoon, cooling down under the hose! Four-year-old Juliet Evans with her dad in Alicetown, Lower Hutt.

My son Andrew and a friend, Krista, on Lake Ruataniwha.

My son Zabian after getting his face painted,

Out for a quick dip along the foreshore at New Plymouth to cool off.

My friend's son Jimmy running down the beach. Hhe had no idea there were seagulls circling above.

Kayaking others in Abel Tasman.

Max, Sam, and Uncle Ian.

Low tide in Marahau.

The first icecream - an essential rite of passage for a Kiwi summer

Sunset in the Catlins

Summer view of Kapiti Island on the way home from work.

My daughter relaxing on the beach at Tiri in the arms of a pohutakawa tree.

What better way to keep yourself and a beverage cool than floating in a glacial lake.

Lila gets her vintage red trike ready.

Chelsey showing off her trampoline skills.

Roasting marshmallows over an open flame.

Caprice Stevenson's six-year-old son having the time of his life at the office Christmas party.

Daisies on the touch rugby field on a sunny afternoon.

Hayden Smith souring out over the harbour of Whangapoua beach right on sunset.

New Year's Eve fun with friends at Port Jackson on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Sisters Sara, Ruth and Rachel relax among summer flowers.

Impromptu lunch break for the hardest working little Hobbits in Miramar.

The beauty of Hamilton's recreational space

Ben being hit by a waterballoon.

The sunset at Plimmerton Beach.

Jordan's big adventure at Mission Bay

Sara relaxes in summer flowers.

Me and my dad sailing a C-Class catamaran.

My friends and a pile of milk bags, washed ashore from the Rena.

Levi's first Santa parade.

Castle Point, shot with Agfachrome (AP-44 Process) and cross processed in C-41.

Ella and Toby cooling off under the sprinkler in the backyard.

Paua BBQ fritters.

Sunset on Airlie Beach, Queensland.

Sunrise at Mahinepua.

Hiking up to Wentworth Falls in the Wentworth Valley.

Craig Harris and Jenney Pettitt.

Lake Wakatipu - heaven on earth.

Myself in a victory pose near Anchorage Bay.

Muriwai Beach bodyboarding.

Krista Stokes, Lisa McGee, Erin Walker, Kelsey Bayes-Moke and Kate Keep.

Ben Reeves - howz that???!!!

Caylee splashing out.

Two teenagers rowing out in to Mangawhai Estuary on a warm early summer's evening.

18-month-old Shamus Vincent Mole-Mitchell with the beach at Paraparaumu all to himself.