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New Zealand { 47 images } Created 22 Aug 2011

Photos from New Zealand taken in January-February 2005.
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  • The famous oversized chessboard in Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
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  • The Chalice, a large designed inverted cone, set in Cathedral Square, near the  Christchurch Cathedral. Due to the 2011 earthquake, the badly damaged cathedral <br />
was starting to be demolished in late march 2012.
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  • Driving from Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook National Park with view on Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook (3754m) on the left.
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  • View on the valley from the Tasman Glacier Viewpoint .
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  • On the top of Tasman Glacier Viewpoint, with view on the glacier lake.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand near the town of Twizel. Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain and Aoraki/Mount Cook village lie within the park. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and landscape.
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  • Otago Peninsula with Taiaroa lighthouse in the background. The peninsula is also famous for its Northern Royal Albatrosses.
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  • Otago Peninsula, a couple of minutes away from Portobello.
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  • The Presbyterian Church of Otago, set in the city center of Dunedin.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Nugget Point is one of the most iconic landforms on the Otago coast. Located at the northern end of the Catlins coast down the road from Kaka Point, this steep headland has a lighthouse at its tip, surrounded by rocky islets (The Nuggets). The point is home to many seabirds, including penguins, gannets and spoonbills, and a large breeding colony of fur seals.
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  • A couple of New Zealand sea lions sitting on the beach of Surat Bay in the Catlins. The sea lions are not dangerous, but people should take care when approaching them to close. According to "Wikipedia" - The New Zealand sea lion is probably the world's rarest sea lion and numbers around 10,000.
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  • The scenic reserve of Surat Bay was named after "Surat", a sailing ship which was wrecked on these coasts in 1874.
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  • Sheeps and windswept trees standing in a meadow near the Catlins coast at Romahapa.
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  • A big tree spending shadow along the river. Seen somewhere between Romahapa and the Clifden Suspension Bridge.
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  • On the way to Te Anau i saw this two damselflies sitting on a dry blossom. The red one is the male.
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  • Queenstown is a cool place where you can hang around for a few days or try one of its attractions, like Bungy Jumping, Paragliding, or much more. I took this photo from a hill. In the background you can see Walter Peak (1800m).
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  • View on Queenstown with Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables mountain range behind.
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  • A seagull and the TSS Earnslaw steamship in the harbour of Queenstown.
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  • Wakatipu beach and the TSS Earnslaw with the Remarkables mountain range in the background. According to "Wikipedia" - The TSS Earnslaw is a 1912 Edwardian vintage twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. It is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere.
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  • Makarora River, somewhere between Arrowtown and Makarora.
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  • Makarora River, somewhere between Arrowtown and Makarora.
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  • A bridge over Makarora River, close to the famous blue pools, near Haast Pass.
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  • Still on the Haast Pass we took a rest along the State Highway 6 before continuing <br />
our drive from Makarora to Lake Matheson.
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  • Landscape scene along State Highway 6, close to the area where Makarora River feeds Wanaka Lake at its northern end.
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  • Lake Matheson with Mount Tasman (3497m) and New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook (3754m), in the background.
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  • The Pancake Rocks are located south of Punakaiki village, which lies on the edge of Paparoa National Park.
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  • Driving from Westport to Hanmer Springs.
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  • Stone formations at the black sand beach of Kaikoura. Kaikoura is one of the famoust whale watching sites in the world.
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  • Dusky dolphins swimming alongside our whale watching boat in Kaikoura.
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  • Totaraunui Bay is located in Abel Tasman National Park. Totaraunui Bay is 1km long and known for the orange-coloured sandy beach.
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  • We stopped our car along a Kiwifruit plantation somewhere at Riwaka Valley, before continuing our drive to Nelson.
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  • Waitangi day in Wellington. According to "Wikipedia" - The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840, in a marquee in the grounds of James Busby's house (now known as the Treaty house) at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Maori rights to their land and gave Maori the rights of British subjects. There are differences between the English version and the Maori translation of the Treaty, and since 1840 this has led to debate over exactly what was agreed to at Waitangi. Maori have generally seen the Treaty as a sacred pact, while for many years Pakeha (the Maori word for New Zealanders of predominantly European ancestry) ignored it.
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  • The Civic Square, completed in 1992, was the first civic space in Wellington.
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  • View on the waterfront and the harbour of Wellington.
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  • The Wellington Cable Car. The first cable car line in Wellington was opened in 1902.
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  • This tall grass type is native to New Zealand. According to "Wikipedia" - The Mori used the toetoe leaves to make baskets, kites, mats, wall linings and roof thatching. It was also used to make containers to cook food in hot springs. The flower stalks were also useful - as frames for kites, and in tukutuku panelling. The seed heads themselves were used on fresh wounds to stop bleeding. Other medicinal uses included treatment of diarrhoea, kidney complaints, and burns. Toetoe is New Zealand's largest native grass, growing in clumps up to 3m in height.
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  • View on Mount Ruapehu (2797m).  According to "Wikipedia" - Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as one of the 28 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites.<br />
Tongariro National Park was the fourth national park established in the world. The active volcanic mountains Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro are located in the centre of the park.
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  • Somewhere between Tongariro National Park and Napier.
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  • A man playing outdoor lawn bowling in Rotorua's colonial Government Gardens, set near the bathhouse building.
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  • The Rotorua Visitor Center was once, since 1914, Rotorua's Post Office.
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  • A wooden-frame house under construction in Rotorua.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Rotorua is also home to botanical gardens and historic architecture. Known as a spa town and major tourist resort since the 1800s, many of its buildings hint at this history. Government Gardens, close to the lakeshore at the eastern end of the town, are a particular point of pride.<br />
Another of Rotorua's attractions is mountain biking. Whakarewarewa Forest has been described as 'the Disneyland of mountain biking' and includes mountain bike trails, where the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships were held in August 2006.
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  • The Lady Knox Geysir is located in the Wai-O-Tapu area, 27km south of Rotorua.
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  • A street in Coromandel.
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  • Auckland is the largest metropolitan city in New Zealand. In the background you can see the Skytower and the Centre Business District.
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  • The Viaduct Harbour is set in the heart of Auckland.
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  • View of Auckland, seen from the Auckland Sky Tower.
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