Tom RoseJournalist·NZ Herald·1 Jun, 2026 06:00 AM2 mins to read‌Morning Headlines | New Zealand has two new Dames and four new Knights and MetService issues orange heavy rain warnings for the West Coast and Marlborough | Monday, June 1, 2026Families hoping to catch a glimpse of last night’s blue moon instead witnessed something even more spectacular when the clouds parted above Pukaki Observatory – a lunar rainbow.

Astrophotographers Tori Harp and Brian Bezalel are residents at Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat, where Harp works as a Tasman Glacier tour guide