Sunrise in Kohimarama, Auckland

“Kohimarama is a coastal residential Auckland City suburb, It is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the southern shore of the Waitemata Harbour. Present-day Mission Bay is built upon three parcels of land comprising part of the Kohimarama block that were bought from the Crown in the early 1840s. Most […]

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

“Lake Wanaka is located in the Otago region of New Zealand, at an altitude of 300 metres. It is New Zealand’s fourth largest lake and estimated to be more than 300 m (980 ft) deep. Its name is Māori, a corruption of Oanaka ‘The place of Anaka’, a local tribal chief. Wanaka is a town […]

Moeraki Boulders, Koekohe Beach, Otago

“The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered either as isolated or clusters of boulders within a stretch of beach where they have been protected in a scientific reserve. The erosion […]

Paddocks in the Mist, South Canterbury

“The New Zealand region of Canterbury (Māori: Waitaha) is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council and the University of Canterbury. Canterbury is New Zealand’s largest region by area, with an area of 45,346 km². […]

The Mirror Lake, near Fox Glacier

“At Lake Matheson (in Maori it is called ‘Te Moeka o Tuawe’) near Fox Glacier, nature has combined exactly the right ingredients to create truly stunning reflections of New Zealand’s highest peaks :: Aoraki (Mount Cook) and Mount Tasman. The waters of Lake Matheson are dark brown, so on a calm day they create the […]

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