Sunrise, Thursday, 11 February, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Monday, 9 February, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

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

(Little late posting this) Sunrise, Saturday, 7 February from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, WAITANGI DAY, 6 February, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Toitū te tiriti

Sunrise (with beach cat), Tuesday, 3 February, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise (2 different perspectives), Sunday, 1 February, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Wednesday, 28 January, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Tuesday, 27 January from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Monday, 26 January, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Sunday, 25 January, from Okitu Beach Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Saturday, 24 January, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

The calm after the storm(s). Sunrise, Friday 23 January, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. East Coast/te Tairāwhiti was hit hard by storms this week. We’re fine, others not so much. I’ll put a link in comments for whānau affected. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Friday, 16 January from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunrise, Tuesday, January 13, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sunday 11 January dawning, from St. Kilda Beach, Ōtepoti, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Ōtepoti / Dunedin looking beautiful this afternoon on a warm, sunny, summer day.

Sunrise, Monday, 5 January, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Back to work for many today after a lengthy break-Kia kaha. ✊🏽 Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

The sun has risen (behind a cloud) on 2026. Sunrise, 1 January, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Happy New Year to all of you out there on BlueSky. Thanks for all the support and encouragement each morning. Here are some of the sunrises from 2025 from the beaches of te Tairāwhiti. Have a blessed 2026 one and all. Ngā mihi o te tau hou / Happy New Year

Sunrise, Wednesday, 31 December, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Last sunrise of the year. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

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 ☀️