Two hours to get from Tawa to Lower Hutt (i.e. if this is your commute, donʼt bother!). #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ

Trees and fences down all over Tawa. The main drag in Alicetown is just branches and leaves. Roads closed all over the place including Hutt CBD. #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ

If you can avoid driving today, you should. Treacherous down Ngauranga Gorge. #summer #Aotearoa #raumati #Wellington #TeWhanganuiaTara

We lost power for about a minute here in Tawa earlier this evening. Everyone else OK in the storm? #summer #Aotearoa #NZ #raumati

In the shade. Finally warmth. #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ #TeWhanganuiaTara #Wellington

I remember, in the before times, when there was a season known as #raumati, or, as the colonists called it, #summer. They are no more.

Blissfully quiet. Thank you, Black Flag fly spray. #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ

A nice Pope Gregory Arbitrary Calendar Start Day. #TaupōPlimmerton #Plimmerton #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ

Te Whanganui-a-Tara turning it on in time for Pope Gregory Arbitrary Calendar Start Day. #TaupōPlimmerton #Plimmerton #raumati #summer #Aotearoa #NZ

Lovely clouds over Tawa tonight. #summer #raumati #Aotearoa #NZ #Wellington #WhanganuiaTara