Parliament may be in recess, but there was no shortage of dog-whistling at the Beehive today.
A dog-walker turned heads by performing a quiet stunt on Parliament Buildings' front steps.
James Nepia, from Wellington dog-walking company Kuri Companions, made his 14 dogs sit quietly in unison outside the front door.
"We get a lot of people who don't believe that you can control dogs and that what we do is somehow inherently dangerous," he said.
"So this is just a good place to put on a bit of a show for the people and show people what dogs can do."