A sense of place

Visitors watch a flock of knots settle on a shell bank at Ambury Park, Mangere

Children throw plastic model rats in a game that teaches the importance of pest control

A youngster takes aim at a trap as she prepares to hurl her rat

A Dalek on his T-shirt and the rodent equivalent in his hand - a terrorising force for native species

Signs around the foreshore depict the migratory birds that can be seen in the Manukau Harbour mudflats

Local schoolchildren provided artwork and information for visitors to the Ambury Park birdwatching site

Oystercatchers by the thousand roost in a foreshore reserve at Mangere Bridge

Ngati Paoa's waka taua Te Kotuiti Tuarua arrives at Karaka Bay

A day to remember, a place to never forget - Ngati Paoa celebrate the 175th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti at Karaka Bay

Haka in the tide, as there might have been 175 years ago

We were there!