The stars weren’t out but the sun shone to welcome Matariki at a special market day held at Whangarei’s Quarry Arts Centre. The Quarry partnered with the Te Kowhai Print Trust to put on Matariki: Make Markets on Saturday to lead into this year’s rising of star cluster known as Matariki. The reappearance of Matariki in the midwinter night sky symbolised renewal and was traditionally considered by Maori to be the new year. Photographer Michael Cunningham went along to the Quarry.
Image 1 of 7: Whangarei sculptor Trish Clark puts an installation together.
Tintype Central is a portrait studio specialising in the wet plate colloidion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography.
Northern Advocate photographer Michael Cunningham captured all the fun and action from the 2024 Northland Fritter Festival, held at Semenoff Stadium on Saturday, March 9.
Captain's run for Blues rugby team at Semenoff Stadium, Okara Park, Whangarei, Sam Nock feeds the ball out during the Captain's run. Photo/ by Michael Cunningham
About 75 crews took part in the BP Surf Rescue North Island IRB Championships at Waipu Cove on February 10 and 11, where sunshine and medium-sized waves made for a great event.
Regatta was welcomed to Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa (Whangārei harbour) with a pōwhiri conducted by hapū Patuharakeke as about 580 passengers disembarked.
Fiona Heenan announcing she's just sailed the 600km needed to claim a Guinness World record for the longest distance sailed by a woman in a sailing dinghy. Video / Fiona Heenan