This has been a big project - a whole wall of portraits (and a few dioramas) of great NZ scientists, experts, inventors and innovators, for MOTAT’s new science and tech centre Te Pauwānanga. The whole centre is great. Lots of cool interactive stuff for the kids

People Watching: University of Otago, Dunedin, outside the central library at lunchtime on a rainy Wednesday

This is a great behind the scenes post if you’re interested in docos or storytelling in general. Also includes at the very end an unused concept for the poster I made, glad to see that pop up!

People Watching: On the red carpet at the Aotearoa Music Awards on a Thursday night

People Watching: Napier RSA on a Sunday night - buffet in the Norfolk Lounge, ballroom dancing night in the bar

People Watching: Puketāpapa Manu Aute kite day, Matariki celebration on top of Mt Roskill on a windy Sunday

A new comic in collaboration with Healthier Lives - He Oranga Hauora explaining their research into the potential health and environmental benefits of shifts in the national diet, and some policy ideas they researched that could nudge us in healthier directions. thespinoff.co.nz/partner/09-07-…

People Watching: International arrivals area, Auckland Airport on a Friday afternoon

People Watching: Bingo Night, Side Hustlers bar in Morningside on a Sunday night

People Watching: Public servants on The Terrace, Wellington, at lunch on a friday

People Watching: IPW Wrestling 'Winter Warfare', Mt Albert War Memorial Hall on a Saturday night

People Watching: Oriental Bay, Wellington, on a windy, wintery Friday afternoon

People Watching: Urban Ark community weeding bee in the Maungawhau ecological halo, Central Auckland

People Watching, Father's Day Special: Dads at the hardware store, Mitre 10 Westgate, West Auckland, on a Sunday morning