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Boats on Lake Te Anau South Island New Zealand
C22D0461 Boats on Lake Te Anau
Dead trees in river near Cascade Creek Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0460 Dead trees in river Fiordland National Park
Rainbow in waterfall spray The Chasm Cascade Creek Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0455 Rainbow in waterfall spray Cascade Creek
Boat on Milford Sound with Bowen Falls beyond Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0405 Boat on Milford Sound
Mountains from the Homer Nature Trail South Island New Zealand
C22D0400 Mountains from the Homer Nature Trail
Podacarp trees Lake Gunn Nature Walk Cascade Creek South Island New Zealand
C22D0386 Podacarp trees Lake Gunn Nature Walk
Waitake Mountains reflected in Mirror Lakes South Island New Zealand
C22D0365 Waitake Mountains reflected in Mirror Lakes
Fishing boat and sea birds off Stewart Island New Zealand
C22D0325 Albatrosses and Gulls by fishing boat
Coast from Nugget Point South Island New Zealand
C22D0282 Coast from Nugget Point South Island
Lake Pukaki Mount Cook National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0254 Reflections in Lake Pukaki
Beach at Ship Creek Nature Trail New Zealand
C22D0205 Beach at Ship Creek
Ancient swamp forest at Ship Creek Nature Trail South Island New Zealand
C22D0202 Ancient swamp forest Ship Creek Nature Trail
Shadows across pond weed Ship Creek Nature Trail South Island New Zealand
C22D0190 Shadows across pond weed Ship Creek
Lake Pukaki with Mount Cook beyond Southern Alps South Island New Zealand
C22D0222 Lake Pukaki with Mount Cook beyond
Lake Moerake Southern Alps South Island New Zealand
C22D0182 Lake Moerake Southern Alps
Crack willow Salix fragilis by Pearson Lake South Island New Zealand
C22D0133 Crack willow Salix fragilis by Pearson Lake
Mountains in Milford Sound Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0408 Mountains in Milford Sound Fiordland National Park
Rocks off Munro Beach South Island New Zealand
C22D0175 Coastal rocks Munro Beach
Layers in sedimentary rock Munro Beach South Island New Zealand
C22D0166 Layers in rock Munro Beach
Franz Joseph Glacier Southern Alps South Island New Zealand
C22D0150 Franz Joseph Glacier Southern Alps
Orange lichens in Otira Gorge Arthur's Pass National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0149 Otira Gorge Arthur's Pass National Park
Braided river system Bealey River Arthur's Pass National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0145 Bealey River Arthur's Pass National Park
Commemorative monument to Captain Cook Ships Cove South Island New Zealand
C22D0105 Commemorative monument to Captain Cook Ships Cove
Wake from boat in Queen Charlotte Sound New Zealand
C22D0093 Forested hills and wake from boat in Queen Charlotte Sound
Ancient Southern beech Nothofagus fusca tree Wilderness Lodge South Island New Zealand
C22D0133 Ancient Southern beech tree Wilderness Lodge
Kiwi sign near Whakapapanui stream Tongariro National Park North Island New Zealand
C22D0080 Kiwi road sign Tongariro National Park
Whakapapanui stream with Ngaruhoe mountain beyond Tongariro National Park North Island New Zealand
C22D0076 Whakapapanui stream with Ngaruhoe mountain
Mount Cook from Lake Pukaki visitor centre Southern Alps South Island New Zealand
C22D0227 Aoraki Mount Cook Southern Alps
Ngaruhoe mountain model for Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings Tongariro National Park North Island New Zealand
C22D0067 Ngaruhoe mountain Tongariro National Park
Epiphytes and lichen covered tree Totara Walk Pureora Forest Park North Island New Zealand
C22D0061 Epiphytes and lichens Pureora Forest Park
Waiotapu mud pool North Island New Zealand
C22D0042 Waiotapu mud pool North Island
Auckland and the Sky Tower North Island New Zealand
C22D0037 Auckland and the Sky Tower North Island
Tree ferns in Pureora National Forest Park New Zealand
C22D0055 Tree ferns in Pureora Forest Park
Information board at Tiritiri Matangi Island Scientific Reserve North Island New Zealand
C22D0032 Sign Hobbs Beach Tiritiri Matangi Island
Wattle Track Tiritiri Matangi Island Scientific Reserve North Island New Zealand
C22D0019 Wattle Track Tiritiri Matangi Island
Boats in Gulf Harbour North Island New Zealand
C22D0007 Boats in Gulf Harbour North Island
Bowen Falls Milford Sound Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0447 Bowen Falls Milford Sound Fiordland NP
Small rocky islands off Nugget Point South Island New Zealand
C22D0286 Small rocky islands off Nugget Point
Waterfall by nature trail in ancient forest Haast Pass South Island New Zealand
C22D0214 Waterfall by nature trail in Haast Pass
Signpost at McCrackens Rest Lookout and Tawaewae Bay South Island New Zealand
C22D0342 Signpost at McCrackens Rest Lookout
Waterfall Milford Sound Fiordland National Park South Island New Zealand
C22D0434 Waterfall Milford Sound Fiordland NP
Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and ancient swamp forest Ship Creek South Island New Zealand
C22D0192 Kahikatea tree OR Dinosaur tree Ship Creek Nature Trail
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