Cloudy start to the morning: Saturday, 27 December, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Little Blue Penguin tracks in the sand in the foreground. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, sped-up then normal speed, Friday, 26 December, from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️ (And Happy Boxing Day)

Christmas morning sunrise, and seagull posing, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas 🎄

Sunrise, Saturday, 20 December, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Cloudy morning, FRIDAY 19 December from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Thursday, 18 December, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Tuesday sunrise, through a split in the clouds, 16 December, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Time lapse (150x speed) of this morning’s sunrise.

Sunrise, Sunday, 14 December, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 13 December, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Dawn, Friday 12 December, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Steel grey skies for the “sunrise” this morning, Tuesday, 11 December, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Wednesday, 10 December, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand We were away for a bit, but now I’m back. This was another sunrise made less joyful by dog owners who don’t control their pets, but that’s a separate (and pointless) discussion. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Not until encountering them this (early) morning on the outskirts of the Redwood grove did I realize that among the invasive pests in the Rotorua forests are wallabies. (And I can’t believe we live in a world now where I have to say this but, NO, this is not AI)

More Redwoods. This is a grove at the beautiful Hamurana Springs.

We’re showing Aotearoa (well…the North Island) to some friends visiting from the USA. Today we’re in Rotorua, and we visited the Redwoods here.

Sunrise, Tuesday, 2 December from Okitu Beach. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

I’m a little late with this but here’s December arriving, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Well, the morning clouds have lifted and it’s turned into a beautiful te Tairāwhiti (East Coast) day. Turquoise waves and a blooming Pōhutukawa tree are seen from roughly the same vantage point as this morning’s sunrise. Kia pai to rā / Have a great day.

Cloudy morning, Sunday 30 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

58 seconds of relaxation with the nearby Pōhutukawa. Sun’s out but there is also a gentle rain. You can hear the cicadas, the Tūī, and other birds.

We put lights on the house for the first time, and I stuck the 360° camera in the front garden to record a star trails over the course of last night

Sunrise, Friday 28 November, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Thursday 27 November, from the low-tide pools of Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning / Happy Thanksgiving ☀️

Time lapse (x150) of this morning’s (26 November) sunrise. Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Sunrise, Wednesday 26 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Time lapse of this morning’s sunrise: 25 November, Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Sunrise, Tuesday, 25 November from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Monday morning, 24 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Kia pai to rā / Have a good day ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 22 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Friday, 21 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Thursday, 20 November, well underway, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. I got to the beach AFTER sunrise, so Kia pai to rā / Have a good day ☀️

It’s the time of the year (Summer) when the Pōhutukawa trees (also called New Zealand Christmas Trees) begin to bloom. Most bloom brilliant red flowers but this gorgeous beast blooms bright yellow. This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛

Low clouds on the horizon on this Wednesday morning, 19 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Another cloudy morning, Tuesday, 18 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunless sunrise on this silver-grey Monday morning, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️ #NoKooks

Sunrise, Sunday, 16 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

For context of my earlier video: this is a panoramic shot taken from the same spot. It’s at a headlands where the sandy beaches to the south become rocky up against the cliffs. This is falling middle tide, so at higher tide the ocean comes right up and crashes against the cliffs.

Sunrise, Saturday, 15 November, from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Overcast morning but here’s your Friday, 14 November dawning from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. The sun is trying to punch through the clouds as some surfers make their way out. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

The beach was rainy and overcast, so I opted for a morning sit in our sunroom, looking out over the front (native plant) garden, listening to the warm Spring rain, and the manu pango and the Tūī. Thursday, 13 November, Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

If you like more colour in your sunrises, here’s a re-visit of yesterday’s (10 November) sunrise, in time lapse. Note: I added music, so if that’s not your thing, turn the sound down or keep scrolling. 🎶

Very cloudy, overcast morning at the beach. Tuesday, 11 November, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

Also from this morning’s beach walk: kororā (Little Blue Penguin) tracks headed out to sea.

Sunrise, Monday, 10 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! 9 November sunrise from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 8 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

A thick line of low clouds on the horizon with otherwise clear skies makes for the most uninspiring of sunrises. That was the setting this morning, Friday, 7 December at Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. But the waves are beautiful. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

High tide and a cloudless sky for this Thursday, 6 November sunrise, at Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

Sunrise, Wednesday, 5 November, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.