Mark Coote Photographer http://www.markcoote.com Wellington Photographer, New Zealand Fri, 17 May 2013 04:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Budget Reading 2013 http://www.markcoote.com/2013/05/17/the-budget-reading-2013/ http://www.markcoote.com/2013/05/17/the-budget-reading-2013/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:08:31 +0000 Mark Coote http://www.markcoote.com/?p=1016 I photographed the reading of the budget in Parliament House yesterday for Bloomberg News. Bill English looked rather happy with his days work.

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]]> http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/26/wellington-prison-1927-2012/feed/ 1 Arahura dwarfed by monster cruise ships http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/13/arahura-dwarfed-by-monster-cruise-ships/ http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/13/arahura-dwarfed-by-monster-cruise-ships/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:20:36 +0000 Mark Coote http://www.markcoote.com/?p=985 The Interislander ferry Arahura looks like a toy boat beside the gigantic cruise ships Queen Mary 2 (rear) and Celebrity Solstice in Wellington today. Even The Caketin looks small.

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]]> http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/13/arahura-dwarfed-by-monster-cruise-ships/feed/ 0 New York Times travel feature – 36 Hours in Auckland http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/08/new-york-times-travel-feature-36-hours-in-auckland/ http://www.markcoote.com/2013/03/08/new-york-times-travel-feature-36-hours-in-auckland/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:58:58 +0000 Mark Coote http://www.markcoote.com/?p=954 A sellection of images I shot in Auckland a couple of weeks ago for the New York Times travel column “36 hours in …”

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]]> http://www.markcoote.com/2013/01/25/summer-city-pasifika-festival-at-waitangi-park/feed/ 0 Uawa Tolaga Bay – Horticulture Students Graduation http://www.markcoote.com/2013/01/07/uawa-tolaga-bay-horticulture-students-graduation/ http://www.markcoote.com/2013/01/07/uawa-tolaga-bay-horticulture-students-graduation/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:58:01 +0000 Mark Coote http://www.markcoote.com/?p=925 I went to Tolaga Bay last month for the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution to photograph the horticulture students graduating. It was a special day.
 

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]]> http://www.markcoote.com/2013/01/07/uawa-tolaga-bay-horticulture-students-graduation/feed/ 0 New York Times travel feature: In Wellington, Filling Up on ‘Lord of the Rings’ http://www.markcoote.com/2012/12/22/new-york-times-travel-feature-in-wellington-filling-up-on-lord-of-the-rings/ http://www.markcoote.com/2012/12/22/new-york-times-travel-feature-in-wellington-filling-up-on-lord-of-the-rings/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:04:00 +0000 Mark Coote http://www.markcoote.com/?p=917 Click here to view a slideshow of images I shot in Miramar for the NYT

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