And who doesn’t like a sunrise or sunset? Here are a few for your visual pleasure.
Lenticular cloud sunset at the main Mount Maunganui beach.
A spectacular lenticular cloud sunset display behind the Ruahine Ranges.
The sunset blue hour at the small jetty at Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui.
Late afternoon at Papamoa beach looking towards Mount Maunganui with beach combers enjoying the surf.
The remains of the old pier at Burke Street in Thames with a glorious sunset over the water.
Two fishermen passing the time at the old historic jetty at Anzac Bay, Bowentown in the Tauranga harbour.
Sunset hues from Papamoa on the beach looking towards the Mount.
A blast of vivid sunset colours at the Tauranga Bridge Marina with all the boats at their berths.
Vivid sunset reflections off the wet sand from the red splash sunset colours at Papamoa beach.
A Pilot Bay reflective sunset with bright orange hues with boats at anchor and the light on at the small jetty.
Sunrise upon Mount Taranaki looking thru a frame of flax plants and flowers with sunrise coloured mist surrounding the mountain.
The famous Tongaporutu Boulders at sunset with a rushing tide imaged with a longer exposure.
Sunset vibes and colours at Mount Maunganui from Papamoa Beach.
The life savers watch tower on the beach at Mount Maunganui at sunset.
Sunrise at Shark Alley at Mount Maunganui looking down the steps down to the beach front.
Sunset at the Pilot Bay wharf looking down the bay at Mount Maunganui.
A solitary clinker built sail boat on the hard at low tide at Omokoroa Beach at sunset.
Native plants silhouetted at sunset at Hokitika.
Sunrise light on the Ruahine Ranges with farmland in the foreground.
Sunset over the sea looking at Mount Taranaki in the middle distance in a portrait mode.
Sunrise upon Mount Taranaki with ferns as a frame.
Native plants at sunset silhouetted.