Our favourite 10 photos from the Autumn Gallery this year, in no particular order…

May 20th: Taken from Papamoa beach with Mayor Island in the background, this waterspout was clearly visible from Mount Maunganui to Pukehina Beach. It was about 2km offshore and visible for around 20 minutes. Smaller waterspouts also seemed to be trying to form. Uploaded by: Neill Ellis

I was at the Mt Maunganui main beach last night and saw this amazing full moon rising above Motiti island, luckily I had the camera on me and I snapped this. Uploaded by: Taylor Shea, 9th May, 2009

After a warm sunny day exploring Christchurch, we ended up in the Botanical Gardens late afternoon. The low sun offered stunning views of the golds and reds of the turning leaves. Uploaded by: Jonathan Weatherall Date: 28th Apr, 2009

Looking west Te Rore Uploaded by: John Krippner Date: 9th Apr, 2009

Sunrise taken looking out to the east coast from Thornton Beach Uploaded by: Jann Rowlinson Date: 31st Mar, 2009
 

This morning Te Rore Uploaded by: John Krippner Date: 25th Mar, 2009

A guide and his client are on to a fish in the Major Jones pool on a lovely autumn day here in Turangi Uploaded by: David Hawke Date: 16th Apr, 2009

Sunset on the Otago Harbour – Uploaded by: KEN SMEATON Date: 13th Mar, 2009
 

Taken at Waiua Pa, Franklin District, at about 6.45 a.m. Uploaded by: Lindy Payne Date: 29th May, 2009

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