Some more photos from last night. Watching this stream on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvWwlJAaRFM meant that I could avoid the cold as much as possible, and shoot out for some quick photos when it looked like there was some action.

The photos are taken by hand from a phone that has been vigorously handled and smudged by a toddler, so are not the best quality.

#Wainuiomata #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Aurora #AuroraAustralis

Rare #ParasiticPlants rediscovered near Wellington https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561451/rare-parasitic-plant-rediscovered-near-wellington

"#Aotearoa's only #ParasiticPlant has been rediscovered in #Wainuiomata, after wild populations of the species were thought to be #extinct from the region for more than a century... Te pua o te Rēinga, also known as wood rose or Dactylanthus taylorii, is endemic and critically threatened... the last documented observation of a wild population was in #Kaitoke in 1914."

The supermarket in Wainuiomata has a covered walkway in their carpark that has been cleverly designed to protect people from the elements on any perfectly still slightly overcast days. If there is any hint of actual weather, it actually serves to amplify it.

It really is a marvel of ineffective architecture.

#Wainuiomata

The Reservoir, Wainui-O-Mata, Wellington, 1905 - Fergusson Postcard

https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/new-zealand/the-reservoir-wainui-o-mata-wellington-1905-fergusson-postcard-2042717105.html

#Wainuiomata #LowerHutt #WellingtonNZ #Postcard #Postcards

It seems like Wainuiomata got smashed by the unusually strong westerly winds today/tonight. I am assuming that this is the same all across the region. I stopped counting when the local volunteer fire brigade had responded to 13 incidents early this evening.

There is a snippet of footage of a line of trees (probably a wind break) all coming down at once on the Stuff live news thing.

Happily, it sounds like the wind has died down a lot now.

#Wainuiomata