Heather Mickelson Photography

11/12/2025

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10/09/2025

10/09/2025

A great nights Entertainment from the comforts of home...final score 24 - 17 to ABs. South Africa kept them on the edge...it was 'whew' when the final whistle blew....we were all exhausted! Great work ABs...

10/03/2025

Capturing the northern-most point of the South Island which has spectacular cliff-top views over the ocean, coastline and surrounding farmland. Far below pounding waves are mesmerizing! Farewell Spit at more than 30kms in length - New Zealand's longest sand spit awaits after Cape Farewell...enjoy!

05/12/2023

Whale watching Gold Coast Australia...

14/07/2023

Always amazing words…..

FAMILY

Family is not always blood,
not always traditional
and never always easy.
Family is anyone who makes you feel at home.
And not always those you start life with.
Family is a gift we all deserve,
and if you don’t have it,
you can build it, you can find it.
Family exists in many forms,
and is often hard to recognise by sight,
but always by how it feels.
Family is not always pretty and never always easy.
But it’s always forgiving and always loving,
and if yours is not,
you can change that.
Family is binding,
although sometimes you will feel the need to fly free from that knot.
And that’s ok.
But always remember the way home.
It’s not a place, it’s a feeling.
And the map is in your soul and in your heart.
Family is not always blood,
not always traditional,
but it’s always love.
That’s the only criteria to be met.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘I wish I knew’: https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ
Art by Ilan Korda

03/03/2023

Two off-duty officers sprung into action to prevent an attempted burglary and theft in Hastings on Tuesday night.

Senior Sergeant KJ and Detective Senior Sergeant Sally spotted a vehicle pulling into a nearby driveway at speed.

They went to check what was going on and, when they identified themselves as Police Officers, the driver fled in the vehicle while the passenger ran into a nearby property.

Sally reported the suspicious vehicle to Police who were quickly on scene, and with the help of Eagle helicopter, locating and arrested the driver.

The vehicle was allegedly involved in a fleeing driver incident earlier in the day.
KJ went into a nearby property to look for the other occupant of the vehicle, and found them hiding under a tree.

A 49-year-old woman has been charged with theft of a vehicle and unlawfully being in an enclosed yard. She is due to appear in the Hastings District Court on 6 March.

A 22-year-old woman has been charged with failing to stop, being an unlicensed driver, dangerous driving and receiving. She is due to reappear in the Hastings District Court on 21 March.

KJ and Sally say, “we are never really off-duty and are always ready to keep our communities safe.”

03/03/2023

Where has that time gone?