New Zealand 2026 - top 20 photos

South Island

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Route map, clockwise from Christchurch, then north.

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Shore of Lake Pukaki.

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Hooker Valley Trail - Mueller Lake lookout.

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Mount Sefton

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Clay cliffs, Omarama.

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Baldwin St, Dunedin: the steepest street in the world.

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Mirror lakes.

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Milford Sound.

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Queenstown from the top of the gondola.

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Franz Josef glacier. I was actually quite warm in that jumper.

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Sperm whale diving off Kaikōura.


North Island

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Route map: from Wellington all the way up, back to Auckland.

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Overlooking Wellington from Mount Victoria.

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Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North.

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Te Mata Park - hang-gliding ramp.

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Typical Art Deco building from the reconstruction of Napier after the 1931 earthquake.

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Matt & I pretending to be Hobbits.

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Our guide Mikey at the Mitai Maori village, Rotorua.

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Marokopa Falls

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George Harrison's off-road unicycle.

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Sumatran Tiger at Auckland zoo.