Royal Heights is a suburb in West Auckland under the local government of the Auckland Council. Based on the New Zealand census of 2018, Royal Heights had a population of 7,278 with 2,160 households.
Moire Park is a wide park in the Royal Heights, which has both sports fields and bush areas with walking trails. The Manutewhau Walkway in Moire Park follows the Manutewhau Stream.
A major sports and leisure centre in Waitākere, Moire Park provides a playground for all ages, an outdoor basketball court and a grass pump track for adventurous cyclists. Trees provide natural shade, and the Liquidambar trees that surround the sports fields have a stunning view in autumn.
Colwill School is a full-time co-educational primary school serving Royal Heights.
Behind the scenes update here at the Blue Borage home garden in Titirangi...
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The three bed trial is going well - the newest installation is a bamboo trellis in the front left corner of each bed, with one bean plant to kick it off. Immediate observations with this were that the plant in bed # 3 (getting just water) struggled, and the stem of the seedling has actually bent over. Beds #1 (in ground worm farm) and #2 (regular biodynamic CPP) coped really well with the transplanting, and so the race is on!
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I’ve loved the abundant harvest of cherry tomatoes — it’s amazing that these three beds got only six tomato plants - 2 in each bed. Such good value!!
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The final picture is a hugelkultur bed about to get a refresh, starting with a similar bamboo trellis to the raised beds, and the same beans. Couldn’t help myself, I want to also compare the raised beds with planting in the ground.
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Which of these gardening methods are you most fond of?
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Raised beds built by Paul Dickson at oke_charity
Piha! First time with a camera here. 10/10 would trade again. fujifilmxseriesnz X-T3 and 16mm f1.4, mefototripods Backpacker Tripod and breakthrough.photography 6 Stop X2 ND Filter.
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What to do with a tiny but precious scrap of devinthomasdamascus stainless Damascus steel? Make a tiny chef knife of course - with paper Micarta bolster and Thuya burl handle. #knife #blade #chefknife #cheftools #cheftoys #handmadeknife #knifepics #knifeporn #knivesofig #customknife #metalart #wood #knifemaking #aucklandfoodie #nzcook #dowhatyoulove #hobby #nzknifemaking #nzknifemaker #buylocal #nzmade #madeinauckland #westauckland
2018. Muriwai beach. I took this shot without even realising this rock pool was shaped like a fish. It had to be pointed out to me 🤣
Canon 5DIII, 17-40mm f/4L. Lee big stopper. 240sec exposure if I recall correctly.
Still one of my favourite shots.
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Ocean Breeze💙 How beautiful is it along the rugged coast West of Aucklan!?👌
Thanks for sharing iamtheflyingkiwi
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Muriwai! This is a phone snap edited in Snapseed that I grabbed when first visiting the place back in 2018. A lot going on in the sky on this day!
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The homies riseracrew recently dropped the visuals for ‘Focus On Me’ prod by lightskinjohn.824 co-produced by brandnshiraz video directed, shot & edited by the talented afilmbypedro out now on all streaming platforms.
Run that link in homies bio >>>
This video was truely amazing to witness, to see the hood come together like that, shit was a real buzz and refreshing as fuck. Ranui holds a close place to my heart. Growing up out west and being involved with 833 records and the Weststeez albums in the mid 2000’s, I knew a handful of rappers from Ranui / West Aucks 15 + years ago, but at this shoot I hardly knew anyone. These kids were on 🔥 and really put 135 on the map, it def made me feel my age that’s for sure.
It’s good to know West Auckland is in safe hands 🔥🔥🔥
The first time I ever heard of ranuimarz was when Risera Crew were doing a performance at the Ihumātao reclamation festival March 2019, unfortunately I didn’t make it out to catch them but was lucky enough to see them 4 months later at the Ihumātao mass occupation. I was blown away by this kids performance, his confidence and energy. Hungry to be heard. He performed right after Dam Native. I remember in the crowd watching him were some heavy weights, Che’s dad Tigi was there, Hypa D, Andy from Dawn Raid, Poetik & Melodownz, just to name a few, shit was hella buzzy. After his performance I introduced myself and shot the bros portrait, he introduced me to his 2 brothers and thats when we clicked, we actually met way back in 2013 when he was just a youngin’ timdfilm and I were shooting a music video for the homie northcityrizzy feat spellspellspell we used his brother bryce_woebin’s apartment for the shoot, and who would’ve known that that was a young Ranuimarz in the making, sitting there watching us do our thing. Still blows my mind 🤯
Thanks for the connections brothers 🤜🏽🤛🏽 Life’s sure a buzz ✨⚡️✨
Ugggh I didn’t want to go out today. I was tired, and wanted to laze about on the couch but I knew the kids needed to get out of the house.
So I filled up my coffee cup, and ended up taking the kids to the Tui Glen Reserve, out in West Auckland. That playground / whole area is phenomenal for families.
I figured we could spend the morning out and about; and then laze about in the afternoon. Which is exactly what we did.
Do you have a favourite playground that you take your kids to?
Tika win with the kumeurugby brothers. Good to see some of the tokos🇹🇴 in the opposition but damn the bench was 🔥 🤣 Peep Pablo and teti at the back👀 #IFYKYK #BenchWarmer #StillNotDirty #UpTheMu #NorthHarbour #TGang #Tonga7s #Tokos #TonganStallion
Remember to take a moment to admire all the beautiful things that may be taken for granted everyday.
A beautiful view of Piha I captured when we stopped on the side of the road to take in and enjoy the view.
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Rad custom for the rad nastyfairry
Tattooed all_day_tattoo
Sick healed snake by rogermoore_tattoo ⚔️
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Level Two means getting back to some of the work I love the most.
A visit to The Hunting Lodge as part of my research for a magazine feature on Wineries out West - late afternoon sunset segueing into an evening of fine dining.
Notebook and palate primed and ready.
Let’s do this!
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Often end up with grainy shots like this and I hesitate to post it but Milkyway chasing is about so much more than just the final picture. The thrill of chasing the composition, enjoying staring at the bright stars, running in and out of rain clouds which ALWAYS storm in when you have something lined up, trying to figure out how best to process it later on to portray what you saw and how it felt.. and most memorably the week long recovery after a long night out 😂. This was the last shot of the 'night', taken at 4.42am. This time of year the sky is nice and dark with the galactic core above horizon for extended periods of time but if you want to see it arching over the West Coast then be prepared for some odd hours! 💤
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EXIF:ISO1600,20 seconds,12mm F2.0,Sony A6000
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Waitakere Dam - Auckland - NZ .
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🏄 🌊 Tried my hand at some surf photography, this is one genre that is a lot harder than it looks but quite a lot of fun running around trying to find compositions. Used a vintage telephoto lense and I am blown away at how it compresses the background, the sky looks almost like a water painting. Thank you West Auckland beach sunsets for the CRAZY colours!
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congrats to the boys running there 10s over the weekend at the autechlimited drag day drive to track drive home.
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Beautiful photo of a Gannet at Muriwai Gannet Colony Photo Captured by dragostesun_photography 🙌🏾📸❤️
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This was something really special that happened this week. My friend iamvanessagreen started a series titled “Home Portraits Project” during our Covid 19 lockdown. Vanessa had a two week stay at her mothers while she was between flats and I offered to come return the favour and shoot her and her mother in the family home she was raised in Kelston, West Auckland. Vanessa has shot shot dozens of people in their homes and the pictures she shot of me and my family in our old home in Grey Lynn are now both priceless and timeless to me and it was a really amazing feeling to return the favour. 💚
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