Warm day circa 30 degrees, sultry, no wind. Entered house - photographed at rest on windowsill prior to release. Thorax metallic green but this does not show in the photo.
Ootheca of Miomantis caffra
Fungi found near Greyney's Lookout in Arthur's Pass.
One of a great many at the vet pond on the Turitea campus. Can't guarantee it doesn't have a bit of grey duck in it, but it looks to have the characteristic mallard colours.
Several tui feeding and calling in the canopy, where they were difficult to see and even harder to photograph. This one was lower down, singing and preening and jumping around.