Day in photos - November 8

Check out today's best news photos from New Zealand and across the globe.

Weetbix Tryathlon hits Pt England
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Weetbix Tryathlon hits Pt England

The last event in Auckland for the 2023/24 season was held at the Pt England Reserve. The event was a DOathlon after the swimming leg was cancelled due to poor quality water. Photographs by Alex Burton

Polyfest 2024 Diversity Day
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Polyfest 2024 Diversity Day

The 49th annual Polyfest schools Maori and Pacific Islands festival kicked off with performances on the Creative NZ Diversity Stage with a wide range of cultural influences at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Photographs by Jason Oxenham

Iceland's fourth eruption
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Iceland's fourth eruption

Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, the country's fourth volcanic eruption in three months.

Auckland Brigade celebrates 150 years fighting fires
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Auckland Brigade celebrates 150 years fighting fires

Firefighting can be traced all the way back to ancient Rome, who boasted 7,000 professionals in service, and the first handpump to squirt water at fires was invented nearly 2 millennia ago by an Egyptian named Ctesibus from Alexandria. Tāmaki Makaurau’s history of fighting fires is a little shorter, but no less proud. The Auckland Fire Brigade celebrated their 150th anniversary with an open day at The Cloud on the Auckland waterfront. Fire personnel showed off their aerial appliances, equipment through past years, skills at handling fires and other emergencies and even gave kids some hands-on experience with hoses and fire extinguishers. All good fuel to spark a fire within young hearts and minds, no doubt. Photographs by Hayden Woodward

PM meets test teams at Premier House
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PM meets test teams at Premier House

Christopher Luxon hosted the New Zealand and Australian cricket teams in Wellington ahead of their first test in 4 years starting this Thursday. Photographs by Hagen Hopkins

Big Gay Out 2024
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Big Gay Out 2024

Coyle Park in Auckland's Pt Chevalier hosts the annual celebration of all things LGBTQ. Photographs by Alex Burton

Auckland Rainbow Parade
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Auckland Rainbow Parade

Ponsonby bursts into colour for the annual Rainbow Parade as part of the Pride Festival. Photographs by Sylvie Whinray

Port Hills Fire
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Port Hills Fire

"Houses being evacuated Port Hills Fire - Christchurch - Canterbury" Police are urging the public to avoid the area around Worsleys Rd, Cracroft as emergency services respond to a large scrub fire. Police received a report of a fire on Worsley’s Track at around 2.15pm, which soon spread.

Holis festival of colour
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Holis festival of colour

Thousands gather for the annual Hindu festival celebrating eternal love and the triumph of good over evil. Photos / Alex Burton

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Markets with Madison: Money printing
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Markets with Madison: Money printing

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand explains how the expansion of money supply and higher consumer prices have eroded people’s purchasing power. Video / Carson Bluck / Mark Mitchell