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Richard NZ
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Elearning specialist. Moodle developer, designer, admin, user. Retired; gardener; granddad. Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Lived/worked in UK, Portugal, Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand. Educated Kingston University, UCL, Bath, USQ (Oz) Open Poly (NZ).
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Blue cod from Chatham Islands, baked with courgettes, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes.
Baked blue cod with courgettes, peppers, tomatoes and cubed potatoes. The cod is fished off the Chatham Islands 1000 km east of Aotearoa New Zealand.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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et voila! Includes cherry tomatoes frozen from last summer.
A classic dish of broad beans, chorizo, black pudding, tomatoes etc. Slightly spiced.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Good crop of favas/broad beans means Favas guisadas à Alentejana for lunch. #portuguese #food #gardening #aotearoa #nz
Basket of broad beans, ginger beer, hands peeling the beans on a table.
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Thrushes decided to nest below our deck roof. #aotearoa/nz #photography #nature
A thrush with 3 chicks among green shiny foliage.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Got my C19 booster. Lovely spring day today.
A greenhouse and a garden bed, pots with spring herbs and flowers in front. Bit of green lawn in foreground. Sunshine.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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What’s up? The supermoon. #photography #nature #springtime #aotearoa/nz.
Early night sky, clouds, supermoon seen through just forming cherry blossoms. New Zealand spring.
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Reading room. #booksky #nz #gardening
Wallflowers on the left, pot with bluebells, wooden bench then pot with areola on the right. Abutolon with red flowers behind.
September 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Springtime in Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa.
A Tūī, NZ native bird, enjoying spring. The red flowers I’m not certain about I think it is a Coral Tree, native to the Pacific Islands.
September 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Pouto Point campsite and historic site where ships tried to cross the bar and deliver goods. Many failed. Kaipara Harbour, Aotearoa. #nz #history #travel
Beach, wave cut platform, small cliff, grassy slope leading up to campsite with motor home and 19th c customs house.
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Look who just stopped by to show us her brood. #aotearoa/nz #nature #birds
Photo of. Duck with 10 chicks on a grassy paddock.
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Shapes of things. Flax and masts Tutukaka, Tai Tokerau #nz #photography
Flax plants on the left, with tall flowers, masts of boats on the right. Reflections on water in the middle.
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Rawene on the Hokianga with driftwood and two shags. #travel #nz #photography
Old posts, driftwood and two shags on a branch with The Hokianga at Rawene Harbour in the background.
September 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Had to use panorama mode to fit this baby in, it’s 51m wide and 26 m tall. Moreton Bay Fig tree #Aotearoa #photography Pahi Beach #NZ.
Photo of a Morton Bay Fig tree, native to Australia but planted in Pahi Beach, Aotearoa/New Zealand about 1840 or earlier.
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Pahi Beach, Kaipara Harbour, #nz, #photography, #travel.
The harbour at Pahi Beach, Kaipara NZ, the tide is out, A derrick stands over an assortment of small boats.
August 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Old vs new Warkworth nz. #travel #nz #photography
Warkworth hotel in traditional wood contrasts with new concrete apartment block.
August 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Not sure, rain, frost or disease. #gardening #nz
Two lemons with soft blemishes on the skin.
August 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Albert Park, Auckland, NZ.
A couple stroll in Albert Park Auckland with. Large sculptures of a harp sunlit in the background.
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Not my #photography but a Robert Henri painting that caught my imagination at Auckland Art Gallery yesterday. #woodland #friday.
Robert Henri painting of Cathedral Woods in Monhegan Island, Maine.
July 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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New arrivals, twins. #nz #photography #countrylife
Twin lambs a few days old standing in a green paddock.
July 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Old vs new NYC. #photography
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Stylish elegant simplicity at the newest cafe in Pirongia, New Zealand. Highly Recommended.
Photo: interior of Mountain Folk cafe Pirongia New Zealand.
June 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Harlem balconies at night. #photography
Photo: Balconies on a building in Harlem lit up at night.
June 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Shapes of things West 17 th NYC. #photography
Photo: West 17th Street, NYC. Building with.round windows reflecting sunlight.
June 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Shapes of things: Harlem balconies. #photography
Photo: stacked balconies on the outside of a building in Harlem NYC.
June 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Hello #valheim fans from small town America.
Photo: Richardnz at little island, NYC.
June 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM