Twigs & Sticks Media - Auckland Portrait & Birth Photography

01/07/2025

It is with a sad heart that I must inform you that our beautiful photographer Debra Hunt passed away last Thursday.

Debra Amy Hunt
Celebration of Life
Date: Tuesday, 8th July
Time: 10:30am
Venue: Northgate Baptist Church
6 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale

In Lieu of Flowers:
Please consider making a donation to either of these causes:
Hibiscus Coast Hospice - https://harbourhospice.org.nz/donate/
Menemene Helpers - https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/menemene-helpers?ref=home...

03/04/2025

Kia ora friends and lovely clients

14/12/2024

Kia ora and merry Christmas!
My friend Emma has some last minute Santa photo slots available tomorrow if you’re interested! Emma is the lovely NZ manager of Heartfelt and is just the best. Highly recommended from me ❤️

https://book.usesession.com/s/p-FlsRHjHe

This will be our absolute last day!

19/06/2024

Kia ora friends and my lovely clients,
These last couple of months I have been really unwell and have finally had a diagnosis that I now have metastatic/stage iv breast cancer in my lungs/liver.
It's so hard to know what the future will look like, but I need to stop doing photography for now as I'm just not up to it physically.

I just needed to let you know:
1) I'm sorry for how slow I've been with replying etc. lately
2) get in those photos with your tamariki and your loved ones. Life is precious and short!

This beautiful shot of my daughter and I is by the talented Natalia from www.littlelovely.co.nz
I have so many treasured photos from this session that have become even more meaningful over time. Get in those photos, people! (Just not with me taking them, for now 😅🥲)

My friend Kerry from Kerry Howard Photography has been helping my clients when I haven't been able to - she's a very experienced, reliable, and fun Hibiscus Coast photographer if you need one.

30/05/2024

Kia ora koutou! I'm still here, just very rarely posting online! Today I was lucky enough to get to witness/support the hīkoi starting in at Queen Street. Here are a few quick photos out of the many I took :-)
̄tetiriti

03/04/2024

This is my other top 20 finish - in the PURE category where you aren't allowed to edit anything, not even to crop it slightly. Kea are one of my absolute fave NZ birds, and this is shot with a 50mm lens, so I was actually really close. It's worth the extra pack weight to bring a camera tramping I reckon :-)

Twigs & Sticks Media | NZIPP Accredited | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photographer

03/04/2024

Everyone needs some 'pure joy' moments in life! Glad I could capture Catherine and her beloved pony Pluto living their best lives 😍
Also stoked with a top 20 finish for this image!

Twigs & Sticks Media | NZIPP Accredited | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photographer

28/03/2024

🐣 EASTER GIVEAWAY! 🐣

WIN a 1-hour fine art styled portrait session for your little one + $200 to spend on portraits + some delicious slavery-free Easter treats 😋

This one’s just for Coasties/locals - you’ll need to be localish to redeem this prize 🙂

To enter: follow my Facebook and/or instagram pages and tag a friend who’d love to win some portraits of their child (or fur child!)
1 tag = 1 entry 🏷️

29/12/2023

Just loving how that splash of bubbles in baby's hair formed a little heart ❤️

🎶 Hari huritau ki a koe! 🎶

Twigs & Sticks Media | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photographer

29/12/2023

Most babies like smashing the cake. But pretty much every baby likes the bath afterward :-)

I have now started duct-taping the plug into place in this tiny bath after a couple of extremely funny mishaps 😅

Love my little cake smash clients 🥰 🧁

Twigs & Sticks Media | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photographer

27/12/2023

🤩 Sunset in the dunes at Ruakaka Beach 🤩

I was so stoked to attend a Sunset-Maternity-Horses workshop with the amazing Joy Creative a while ago, it was a pretty windy, stormy night but that sunset light is just so beautiful ❤️

Here's to more horses in my life in 2024 haha 🐴

Twigs & Sticks Media | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photography

26/12/2023

You can just feel the 90's love with these two 🤣 💝Christmas Retro minis were an absolute hoot! Such fun 😁

Twigs & Sticks Media | NZIPP Accredited | Auckland Birth & Portrait Photographer