Continuing exploration of shading trees in Pōneke. These are on Cuba Mall. 📷 #Shade #Trees #pedestrian #public #greenery #WellingtonNZ 🇳🇿

Trees shading a paved pedestrian mall. Trees and plants shading and filling a pedestrian mall.


Shade-giving trees in inner city Pōneke. 📷 #trees #shade #InnerCity

Trees and undergrowth in an inner city area. Footpaths, crosswalks and roads under shading trees. City buildings beyond. Trees and undergrowth in an inner city area. Footpaths, crosswalks and roads under shading trees. City buildings beyond.


Bird flying over a Pōhutukawa tree in Te Aro park. 📷 #Pōhutukawa #tree #bird #park #TeAro #Pōneke #Wellington #AtaMārie

A bird flies over a tree with dark green leaves and red flowers. Park with water features with geometric shapes and coloured tiles in the foreground. Buildings behind the tree. Clouds with spots of blue sky above.

Pōneke and Te Whanganui-a-Tara from Mata-i-Rangi lookout; view across the city and harbour to Te Ahumairangi hill. #AtaMārie #morning #views #pōneke #wellington 📷

View of a city and harbour ringed by hills from a lookout. Green trees and vegetation in the foreground, blue skies with flecks of clouds beyond.

Kirikiriroa and the mighty Waikato awa (river).

View of a full and wide river through lush subtropical foliageview of a full dark green river with lush trees and a boardwalk along the nearby riverbo


Not a bad day.

view of a marina on sunny day, still blue water, houses on hills behind


Various views of Pōneke


Watching sheep quietly graze the green pastoral landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand is remarkably soothing. This one is a Pitt Island sheep - a rare breed from an island in the Rekohu / Chathams group.


Plants and rocks at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Pōneke.

lush trees and bushes Tī Kouka flowercarved rockcarving on rock


Laneways of Wellington


Reasons to get out of the office in Pōneke today ….

#Pōneke #harbour #Wellington #YCBWOAGD #sun #summer #raumati


Late night views of an Aro Valley tower block.

#Pōneke #night #tower

Nighttime view of a modernist tower block. Nighttime view of a modernist tower block.


After the rain #wellington #pōneke #water #boats #pier

Boats at the end of a pier on still calm water. Clouds and blue sky in the distance.

I’m pretty certain that this is one of the best days in Pōneke this spring.

#pōneke #wellington #aotearoa #YCBWOAGD #mbnov

Bright blue sky, trees in a park. Beach and boardwalk in sun.


Courtney Place, Pōneke, in fine form.

#pōneke #wellington #aotearoa #YCBWOAGD

Sunny streetscape with heritage buildings, trees, and bollards

Glorious morning on Hannah’s Laneway #AtaMārie #morning #hannahslaneway #evast

Mixed style apartment buildings with multi-level connrcting bridges over a Laneway


Good morning everyone. Great view through the ‘jungle’ out to the Hannah’s Laneway and the blue sky above. #AtaMārie #UrbanGarden

Looking through dark green leaves of a rubber tree to an urdan laneway with a view of the blue sky above.

Mōrena Pōneke. #morning #pōneke #wellington #aotearoa


On our streets


Te Aro Park, early morning