Mel Hammond Photography

09/07/2026

Mānawatia a Matariki! 🌟

Woke up extra early this morning to show my youngest the Matariki stars. She was suitably impressed to see them with her own eyes 😍🤩 My photos don't do it justice!

22/05/2026

My feathered friend is back!!! Tried to get a different angle to see his colours better...

19/05/2026

Spied this wee fellow on the lookout for lunch yesterday. Always feel so lucky to see them where we live. 🥰

03/03/2026

Well... the girls wanted to see the lunar eclipse/blood moon so I woke them up at midnight and they stayed up for 45 minutes looking at the sky in awe. Not as red as they expected, but still cool none the less! So hard to capture but pretty happy to play with my camera 😄

03/03/2026

Unsure if I'll be up at midnight to watch the lunar eclipse but the moon looked beautiful tonight! Got a quick snap before the high cloud came over. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕

07/02/2026

Also at Lake Karapiro today was the Lucas Oil NZ Hydro Thunder round 4 racing! Epic to see some awesome powerboat racing, especially by the GP Hydroplanes. There will be more racing tomorrow (Sunday)! 🚤🏁

07/02/2026

Fantastic turnout at the Chemical Guys New Zealand Car Show at Lake Karapiro today! So cool to see such a variety of old and new cars in the same place. 👌

18/01/2026

Couldn't hang out any washing today - a family of swallows were teaching their babies to fly and had taken over my clothesline. Just as well they're cute!

16/12/2025

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13/12/2025