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Moko Tepania, Far North District councillor and teacher at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe.
Caption:Moko Tepania, Far North District councillor and teacher at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kaikohe.Photo credit:Northern Advocate / suppliedPita Tipene.Northern Advocate / suppliedLDR
Ōtorohanga town centre
Hamilton mayoral candidate Paula Southgate
Whangārei district councillor Phil Halse speaks against his council’s November decision for Māori wards.
Boats grounded on a silt bar at Whakatāne Yacht Club’s marina at low tide over the past month.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council chairwoman Matemoana McDonald, Western Bay of Plenty mayor James Denyer, Tauranga mayor Mahé Drysdale, Local Government Minister Simon Watts, and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, at the signing of the Western Bay of Plenty regional and city deal.
Putāruru Ward councillor Zed Latinovic.
A view of the Waiho River avulsion, bottom left, with the Westland District Council’s Franz Josef wastewater treatment ponds immediately above, and now prone in the river bed.
The Beehive
Jeremy Clarkson is at the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, England, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto via AFP)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Tolutau Koula of the Blues is tackled by Kalyn Ponga of the Maroons during game one of the 2026 Men’s State of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on May 27, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
The photo of Dame Jools Topp is used with permission from the 2013 Pink Ribbon Calendar Girls’ project. Body artist was Sofia Bue.