Here is a selection of events that I have photographed. Note that often I have not included audience and other sensitive images.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Four lovers embroiled in a quartet of folly, a badass Duke and Amazonian queen at loggerheads, a group of amateur thespians trying to escape an ass to perform for a marriage where currently no-one is in love and a bunch of fairies creating trouble in the woods. Held in the open air of Paekākāriki's Campbell Park, this spectacular performance was directed by Shona Jaunas as part of the 2025 Wellington Fringe Festival.
Paekakariki ANZAC Day commemoration
April 2025
2024 Kapiti Tech Week
Romeo and Juliet
Kāpiti glows in the waning sunlight as the audience take their seats around the skateboard park above the glittering sea in Paekākāriki's Campbell Park. And so begins this most cherished story of the star-crossed lovers, this everlasting tale of woe, of Juliet and her Romeo. Directeed by Shona Jaunas as part of the 2024 Wellington Fringe Festival.
Kapiti XTerra triathlon
Some photos from the February 2023 XTerra triathlon. Its a lot easier photographing, rather than participating in this event!
DevAcademy graduation
DevAcademy Aotearoa teaches people how to think and work like a programmer. Courses includes 9 week completely immersive Bootcamps. A key part of each Bootcamp is the presentation of team projects. I regularly photograph graduation events for DevAcademy. Here is one example from one group from July 2023
https://devacademy.co.nz
Celebrating 100 years of Forest and Bird
April 2023
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society was founded in 1923 by Captain Val Sanderson of Paekakariki. Forest and Bird celebrated its centenary in Paekakariki with the Sanderson family, recognised by the opining of a new walking path "Sanderson's Way".
Kāpiti Food Fair
December 2022
The Kāpiti Food Fair exists to showcase New Zealand packaged food and beverage, other related food and beverage products and the united nations of ready to eat food, right here on the Kāpiti Coast. 2022 proved to be a sunny, happy and fun event.
Royal Australasian Congress of Physicians Congress
May 2021
Launch of Vodafone Thriving Rangatahi Population Explorer
May 2021
Wellington Round the Bays 2021
February 2021
Paekakariki Gay Pride Festival
October 2020
Antarctica - while you were sleeping
The Antarctica while you were sleeping installation (part of the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival) provided the opportunity to raise the profile of both Antarctica and climate change to Auckland audiences. The Deep South Challenge and Radio New Zealand held an interactive discussion at the Auckland Museum hosted by Noelle McCarthy. Multimedia artist Joseph Michael, oceanographer Dr Mike Williams, Associate Professor Sandy Morrison and entrepreneur Geoff Ross discussed the impact of Antarctica on the planet, and explored how to work together effectively to both reduce and adapt to climate change.
The Auckland War Memorial Museum as a lifesize iceberg
Noelle McCarthy introducing the Smart Talk
Oceanographer Dr Mike Williams,
Multimedia artist Joseph Michael
Entrepreneur Geoff Ross
Associate Professor Sandy Morrison
Wairarapa Forest School
I photographed a day at the Forest School in the Wairarapa and compiled this video of the images.
Note that the video is low resolution to reduce bandwidth for viewers.