A full moon rises over North Head, Devonport, Auckland, on day six of the level 4 lockdown. Photo / Brett Phibbs Summer rain for the morning commute on January 8. Photo / Michael Craig Barbara McPherson welcomes students back to Gladstone Primary School on November 17. Photo / Michael Craig A cold Antarctic blast hit the Queenstown region in June. Photo / George Heard Lockdown day 77, Customs St East, Auckland, on November 2. Photo / Michael Craig A group of ocean swimmers make their way out at Narrow Neck Beach, on a beautiful Autumn morning during Easter Weekend, North Shore, Auckland. Photo / Brett Phibbs Rainbow, Coxs Bay, Auckland, on March 5. Photo / Michael Craig Bethells Beach Te Henga at night. Photo / Michael Craig Live Action Roll Play (LARP) members getting in some combat training at Cornwall Park in January. Photo / Dean Purcell Rachel Ashton plays with her pug Frankie on the summit of Mount Roskill as the sunsets on a crisp winter evening in June. Photo / Jason Oxenham A full moon rises over North Head, Devonport, Auckland, on day six of the level 4 lockdown. Photo / Brett Phibbs Summer rain for the morning commute on January 8. Photo / Michael Craig Barbara McPherson welcomes students back to Gladstone Primary School on November 17. Photo / Michael Craig A cold Antarctic blast hit the Queenstown region in June. Photo / George Heard Lockdown day 77, Customs St East, Auckland, on November 2. Photo / Michael Craig A group of ocean swimmers make their way out at Narrow Neck Beach, on a beautiful Autumn morning during Easter Weekend, North Shore, Auckland. Photo / Brett Phibbs Rainbow, Coxs Bay, Auckland, on March 5. Photo / Michael Craig Bethells Beach Te Henga at night. Photo / Michael Craig Live Action Roll Play (LARP) members getting in some combat training at Cornwall Park in January. Photo / Dean Purcell Rachel Ashton plays with her pug Frankie on the summit of Mount Roskill as the sunsets on a crisp winter evening in June. Photo / Jason Oxenham Ahmadiyya Muslims Azeem Zafarullah and Shafiq ur Rehman (Imam) at the Baitul Muqeet Mosque in Manurewa. Photo / Dean Purcell Heemi Kepa-Kingi and John Kingi, founders of 'Soften Up Bro', a mental health campaign that targets Māori and Pacific men, normalising vulnerable conversations and going against the grain of telling fellow men to 'harden up'. Photo / Dean Purcell Hangi master Rewi Spraggon provided thousands of meals to the homeless and food banks. Photo / Michael Craig Rapper Matty Paparoa, aka Loko. Photo / Dean Purcell Brianna Fruean is a climate activist at Pacific Climate Warriors and the youngest person to get the Commonwealth Youth Award. Recently she was selected as one of the 25 young wahine toa on the YWCA's Y25. Photo / Michael Craig Hairdresser Mel Harema of The Spot salon in Mt Albert. Photo / Dean Purcell Manurewa Youth Council members Jennifer Lewis and Katarina Mahutoto. Photo / Dean Purcell Hot cross buns at Ima Cuisine. Photo / Michael Craig Dementia sufferer Rita Marx with her great-great-grandson Lykin-J Rangi. Photo / Mike Scott Cate Shearer of the HighJinx Youth Company rehearses her aerial chair contortion act for the showcase night at the Youth Circus Festival. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Shannon Henry on her horse Atti in Whenuapai. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Ahmadiyya Muslims Azeem Zafarullah and Shafiq ur Rehman (Imam) at the Baitul Muqeet Mosque in Manurewa. Photo / Dean Purcell Heemi Kepa-Kingi and John Kingi, founders of 'Soften Up Bro', a mental health campaign that targets Māori and Pacific men, normalising vulnerable conversations and going against the grain of telling fellow men to 'harden up'. Photo / Dean Purcell Hangi master Rewi Spraggon provided thousands of meals to the homeless and food banks. Photo / Michael Craig Rapper Matty Paparoa, aka Loko. Photo / Dean Purcell Brianna Fruean is a climate activist at Pacific Climate Warriors and the youngest person to get the Commonwealth Youth Award. Recently she was selected as one of the 25 young wahine toa on the YWCA's Y25. Photo / Michael Craig Hairdresser Mel Harema of The Spot salon in Mt Albert. Photo / Dean Purcell Manurewa Youth Council members Jennifer Lewis and Katarina Mahutoto. Photo / Dean Purcell Hot cross buns at Ima Cuisine. Photo / Michael Craig Dementia sufferer Rita Marx with her great-great-grandson Lykin-J Rangi. Photo / Mike Scott Cate Shearer of the HighJinx Youth Company rehearses her aerial chair contortion act for the showcase night at the Youth Circus Festival. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Shannon Henry on her horse Atti in Whenuapai. Photo / Sylvie Whinray New Year's Day races at the Auckland Racing Club, Ellerslie. Photo / Dean Purcell Julius Long is knocked out by Hemi Ahio on the undercard of Joseph Parker vs Junior Fa fight held at Spark Arena on February 27. Photo / Dean Purcell Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe. Photo / Dean Purcell Caleb Clarke, Tim Southee, Phillis Meti, Neil Wagner and Nathan McCullum launch the Sky Walk Invitation with a Sky High Captains walk, 192 metres above Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray An early start for participants in the Barfoot & Thompson People's Triathlon Series at Mission Bay - Race 4, Tamaki Drive, Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton Boxer Andrei Mikhailovich. Photo / Dean Purcell New Zealand Paralympian Hayden Barton-Cootes competes in wheelchair rugby. Photo / Michael Craig Competitors on the course of the Auckland Loaded Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, Helensville, August 7. Photo / Sylvie Whinray English football fans at The Bond pub in Wellington react while watching the action during the Euro 2020 final on July 12. Photo / Mark Mitchell New Year's Day races at the Auckland Racing Club, Ellerslie. Photo / Dean Purcell Julius Long is knocked out by Hemi Ahio on the undercard of Joseph Parker vs Junior Fa fight held at Spark Arena on February 27. Photo / Dean Purcell Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe. Photo / Dean Purcell Caleb Clarke, Tim Southee, Phillis Meti, Neil Wagner and Nathan McCullum launch the Sky Walk Invitation with a Sky High Captains walk, 192 metres above Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray An early start for participants in the Barfoot & Thompson People's Triathlon Series at Mission Bay - Race 4, Tamaki Drive, Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton Boxer Andrei Mikhailovich. Photo / Dean Purcell New Zealand Paralympian Hayden Barton-Cootes competes in wheelchair rugby. Photo / Michael Craig Competitors on the course of the Auckland Loaded Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, Helensville, August 7. Photo / Sylvie Whinray English football fans at The Bond pub in Wellington react while watching the action during the Euro 2020 final on July 12. Photo / Mark Mitchell National MP for Botany Christopher Luxon takes a tumble while playing cricket during the National Party caucus retreat at the Basin Reserve in Wellington in February. Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Sleepwell Mattresses in Ōtara, Auckland, to announce the new Flexi Wage Scheme. Photo / Dean Purcell The Speaker, Trevor Mallard, wears a lei to mark Rotuman Language Day, the first of nine Pacific language weeks during 2021. photo / Mark Mitchell National list MP Chris Bishop, who is the co-captain of the Parliamentary Cricket Team, wearing his 'Steady the Ship hat in Parliament in tribute to the Black Caps. Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern at Te Wananga and Te Ngau o Horotiu official opening ceremony on July 2. Photo / Michael Craig Jacinda Ardern during the New Zealand Government’s Dawn Raids Apology, held at the Auckland Town Hall on August 1. Photo / Brett Phibbs National Party leader Judith Collins addressing supporters during the National Party Conference at Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau in August. Photo / Dean Purcell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits the Pacific youth lead vaccination event at Fale o Samoa in Māngere. Photo / Dean Purcell National MP for Botany Christopher Luxon takes a tumble while playing cricket during the National Party caucus retreat at the Basin Reserve in Wellington in February. Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Sleepwell Mattresses in Ōtara, Auckland, to announce the new Flexi Wage Scheme. Photo / Dean Purcell The Speaker, Trevor Mallard, wears a lei to mark Rotuman Language Day, the first of nine Pacific language weeks during 2021. photo / Mark Mitchell National list MP Chris Bishop, who is the co-captain of the Parliamentary Cricket Team, wearing his 'Steady the Ship hat in Parliament in tribute to the Black Caps. Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern at Te Wananga and Te Ngau o Horotiu official opening ceremony on July 2. Photo / Michael Craig Jacinda Ardern during the New Zealand Government’s Dawn Raids Apology, held at the Auckland Town Hall on August 1. Photo / Brett Phibbs National Party leader Judith Collins addressing supporters during the National Party Conference at Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau in August. Photo / Dean Purcell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits the Pacific youth lead vaccination event at Fale o Samoa in Māngere. Photo / Dean Purcell A large tyre fire broke out in Amberly on January 29. Photo / George Heard Two men had a lucky escape after their plane crashed in Glentui on April 28. Photo / George Heard Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan, who underwent weeks of cancer treatment in 2021, with her parents, David and Gail Allan, at her new home in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell A candlelit vigil was held for three little girls found dead in a Timaru house. Photo / George Heard A furniture removal truck went backwards over a bank on Awarua St in Ngaio, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Brian and Hannah Tamaki were summonsed to the Central Auckland Police station on College Hill, Auckland, for their part in a public gathering during lockdown. Photo / Dean Purcell Farmer and farmhands make their way through floodwater after moving stock at a Woodhill farm near Kumeu after heavy rains brought flooding to northwest Auckland in August. Photo / Brett Phibbs City Rail Link works on Albert St, Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton 16 The aftermath of the deadly tornado that destroyed multiple properties and claimed the life of one person in Papatoetoe in June. Photo / Dean Purcell Participants of the Sovereign Hikoi of Truth (SHOT) were stopped by Police at Auckland's southern Covid border near Mercer despite their strong confronting demands they be let through to travel to Te Tii Marae in Northland. Photo / Mike Scott A large tyre fire broke out in Amberly on January 29. Photo / George Heard Two men had a lucky escape after their plane crashed in Glentui on April 28. Photo / George Heard Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan, who underwent weeks of cancer treatment in 2021, with her parents, David and Gail Allan, at her new home in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell A candlelit vigil was held for three little girls found dead in a Timaru house. Photo / George Heard A furniture removal truck went backwards over a bank on Awarua St in Ngaio, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Brian and Hannah Tamaki were summonsed to the Central Auckland Police station on College Hill, Auckland, for their part in a public gathering during lockdown. Photo / Dean Purcell Farmer and farmhands make their way through floodwater after moving stock at a Woodhill farm near Kumeu after heavy rains brought flooding to northwest Auckland in August. Photo / Brett Phibbs City Rail Link works on Albert St, Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton 16 The aftermath of the deadly tornado that destroyed multiple properties and claimed the life of one person in Papatoetoe in June. Photo / Dean Purcell Participants of the Sovereign Hikoi of Truth (SHOT) were stopped by Police at Auckland's southern Covid border near Mercer despite their strong confronting demands they be let through to travel to Te Tii Marae in Northland. Photo / Mike Scott Covid vaccination volunteers (Kai Mahi) Emily Singh, Sinai M Vakauta and Debra Wai Henare-Pawa in front of one of the Covid-19 mobile vaccination buses which was set up at Kia Aroha College in Otara. Photo / Dean Purcell Covid lockdown day 23 at the Free Wesleyan Church Of Tonga pop-up vaccination centre on September 9. Photo / Michael Craig Lockdown day 48 as the Otara testing centre opens early for essential worker Covid tests. Photo / Michael Craig A queue of cars snakes around the carpark at the Covid-19 testing station in Otara, Auckland. Photo / Brett Phibbs Covid level 4 lockdown day one. Queen St, Auckland CBD. Photo / Michael Craig New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medal shot putter Dame Valerie Adams receiving her Covid-19 vaccination in Mt Wellington. Photo / Brett Phibbs Lockdown day 43. GV Grand Millennium MIQ hotel, Auckland. Photo / Michael Craig Super Saturday Vaxathon at Manurewa Marae on October 16. Photo / Sylvie Whinray PM Jacinda Ardern receives her second Covid-19 vaccination from nurse Gordana Nezich. Photo / Michael Craig Rally Your Village pop-up vaccination drive held by South Seas Health in Otara. Photo / Dean Purcell Covid vaccination volunteers (Kai Mahi) Emily Singh, Sinai M Vakauta and Debra Wai Henare-Pawa in front of one of the Covid-19 mobile vaccination buses which was set up at Kia Aroha College in Otara. Photo / Dean Purcell Covid lockdown day 23 at the Free Wesleyan Church Of Tonga pop-up vaccination centre on September 9. Photo / Michael Craig Lockdown day 48 as the Otara testing centre opens early for essential worker Covid tests. Photo / Michael Craig A queue of cars snakes around the carpark at the Covid-19 testing station in Otara, Auckland. Photo / Brett Phibbs Covid level 4 lockdown day one. Queen St, Auckland CBD. Photo / Michael Craig New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medal shot putter Dame Valerie Adams receiving her Covid-19 vaccination in Mt Wellington. Photo / Brett Phibbs Lockdown day 43. GV Grand Millennium MIQ hotel, Auckland. Photo / Michael Craig Super Saturday Vaxathon at Manurewa Marae on October 16. Photo / Sylvie Whinray PM Jacinda Ardern receives her second Covid-19 vaccination from nurse Gordana Nezich. Photo / Michael Craig Rally Your Village pop-up vaccination drive held by South Seas Health in Otara. Photo / Dean Purcell Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club members Josh Klaver, Alice Dewet and Carly take part in International Naked Gardening Day. Photo / Michael Craig Nurses strike march along Queen St, central Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton ASB Polyfest Powhiri, April 14. Photo / Michael Craig James Cook High School students perform on the Cook Islands stage, ASB Polyfest. Photo / Michael Craig Stop Asian Hate march, Aotea Square and Queen St, Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Visitors walk through the Web of Time, an art installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, at Te Papa in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Rainbow Pride Parade, Ponsonby, Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Michael Gielen, auxiliary bishop of Auckland, leads the Way of the Cross Procession and Stations of the Cross. Photo / Michael Craig Groundswell tractor protest, Queen St, July 16. Photo / Michael Craig Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club members for International Naked Gardening Day. LtoR Josh Klaver AND Alice Dewet Nurses strike march along Queen St, central Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton ASB Polyfest Powhiri, April 14. Photo / Michael Craig James Cook High School students perform on the Cook Islands stage, ASB Polyfest. Photo / Michael Craig Stop Asian Hate march, Aotea Square and Queen St, Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Visitors walk through the Web of Time, an art installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, at Te Papa in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Rainbow Pride Parade, Ponsonby, Auckland. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Michael Gielen, auxiliary bishop of Auckland, leads the Way of the Cross Procession and Stations of the Cross. Photo / Michael Craig Groundswell tractor protest, Queen St, July 16. Photo / Michael Craig TopBuilt with Shorthand