A sister photo shoot – The Taipeti Girls
We had the Taipeti girls come in for a Māori Portrait Session a few months ago. They were wanting to make portraits that represented the Māori part of their heritage. The portraits were to be gifted to their whanau back home in NZ. These girls are seriously photogenic...
Perth 2017 – An album of favourite photos
Gareth, Stephanie & I were lucky enough to visit Perth in February. While we were there we held 4 Portrait days. We were in Sorrento on Thursday 2nd of February at the Quality Inn. Whaea Huia, her daughters Huriana & Rongomatane and grand daughter Kiara, who...Gareth Top Images from 2016
We photographed nearly 200 families this year. Thats almost 1000 people. We travelled from Sydney to Nelson and to a few places in between. We had people travel over 3 hours to come have portraits made and we really appreciated the effort. This year we have grown and...Perth 2017
With the 2016 coming to an end, Teowai and I would like to thank everyone who has come to visit us throughout Australia and New Zealand. A 10 day whirlwind tour from Auckland to Nelson and then back to Auckland again with 5 fully booked out portrait days and over 100...4261 Maj (Rtd) Bob Wood POW
Maj Bob Wood enlisted in the NZ Army on the 3 October 1939 and was discharged on 28 December 1946, six years and 361 days of loyal and dedicated service to the NZDF. However, almost all of his service was served overseas in Egypt and Italy during the period January...NZ WWII Veteran – Maurice Borland – 97 year old NZ WWII (Italy) Veteran 82871 Cpl
Maurice enlisted in the NZ Army on the 8 January 1942 with the Army Service Corps at the young age of 24. The primary role of the Army Service Corps, which was formally established on the 6 May 1910, was to provide the supplies the Army needed, during peace and war,...
Honouring Our Veterans Exhibition – St Marys, Sydney
Thank you to everyone who turned up tonight to recognise our NZ WW2 veterans exhibition at Fernz Cafe in St Marys. As photographers this is our first exhibition and it was fitting that we were able to present our NZ WW2 veterans on a wall in a NZ owned Cafe in Western...New Zealand Veterans in Australia – Portraits
They sat around the table quietly chatting and catching up, most had grey hair, some of them over 90 years old. It was the 29th of May 2016 and we had come together for a subbranch meeting. I was there to take portraits of some of the veterans. Also in attendance were...
Newcastle Maori Club – Nga Hau e Wha
We headed up to Bolton Pointon Saturday the 4th of June to Tautoko the Nga Hau e Wha Newcastle Maori Club with a Portrait Fundraising Day. We love the location up there. Its right on the lake and when the weather is good its a beautiful spot to be. Unfortunately the...