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View Tom Dempsey's favorite New Zealand photographs including: National Parks: Westland, Mount Aspiring, Fiordland, Mount Cook/Aoraki, Nelson Lakes, Abel Tasman, Tongariro, Taranaki/Mount Egmont, Te Urewera. Tracks: Routeburn, Milford, Tuatapere Hump Ridge, Nydia, Queen Charlotte, Tongariro Crossing, Lake Waikaremoana.
South Island: West Coast, Fox Glacier, Lake Matheson, Siberia Valley, Rob Roy Valley, Moeraki Boulders, Purakaunui Falls, the Catlins, Hooker Valley, tree ferns, paua abalone.
North Island: Wellington, Putangirua Pinnacles, Red Crater, Mount Ngauruhoe, Rotorua hot springs, Maori culture.

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  • Nonnative Russell lupin flowers explode in color along Fairlie-Tekapo Road in early January 2019, in Canterbury region, South Island of New Zealand. The plant's diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com .
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  • Nonnative Russell lupin flowers explode in color along Fairlie-Tekapo Road in early January 2019, in Canterbury region, South Island of New Zealand. The plant's diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Golden sunrise at Glentanner Park Centre Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Rainbow at sunrise. Glentanner Park Centre Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.
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  • Nonnative Russell lupin flowers bloom in early January 2019 at Lake Tekapo, in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. The plant's widespread diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Nonnative Russell lupin flowers bloom in early January 2019 on Mount John above Lake Tekapo, in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. The plant's widespread diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Drive this road or hike a separate trail up to Mount John Observatory, run by the University of Canterbury, at Lake Tekapo, in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand.
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  • Glacier-clad Mount Sefton rises above the foaming Hooker River at the second swing bridge over Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Mountain Daisy (Celmisia genus). Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) rises majestically above the Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) rises majestically above the Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Seen along the Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Mountain Daisy (Celmisia genus) flowers bloom on Sealy Tarns Track, above Mueller Lake in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) rises majestically at the head of the Hooker Valley above Hooker Lake in the distance. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from two overlapping photos to increase depth of focus.
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  • The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) reflects in a tarn atop the Sealy Tarns Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. Glacier-clad Mt Sefton rises on the left. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Seen from the Sealy Tarns Track, a stationary lenticular cloud caps the peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Rainbow at sunrise seen from Glentanner Park Centre Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.
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  • Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata), endemic to New Zealand, photographed at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, in Te Anau, Southland region, South Island. Paradise shelducks were uncommon prior to European settlement, but the conversion of forest to pasture and deliberate provisioning on ponds by hunting groups has increased their population New Zealand.
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  • The Routeburn Track, near the Divide in Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com .
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  • Key Summit Alpine Walk, along the Routeburn Track in Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • See the crashing whitewater of Marian Stream from the Viewing Gantry along Lake Marian Track, Hollyford Road, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A sundew (Drosera genus) carnivorous plant grows in a sphagnum bog along the Wetland Walkway at Clinton Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The Milford Track in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Clinton River at high level, on the Milford Track in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Gnarly, mossy forest branches on Routeburn Track in Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Earland Falls (178 m). <br />
The Routeburn Track in Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Chasm was carved by Cleddau River in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The Chasm was carved by Cleddau River in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Bowen Falls. Milford Sound, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Milford Sound, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Milford Sound, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mitre Peak (1683 m/5522 ft), Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) at Long Reef Point on the Tasman Sea near Martins Bay Hut, on the Hollyford Track, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. After the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand, hunting reduced the seal population near to extinction. This mammal is known as kekeno in Maori language. Some call it Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • New Zealand fur seal pups (Arctocephalus forsteri) thrive in the colony at Long Reef Point on the Tasman Sea near Martins Bay Hut, on the Hollyford Track, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. After the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand, hunting reduced the seal population near to extinction. This mammal is known as kekeno in Maori language. Some call it Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) at Long Reef Point on the Tasman Sea near Martins Bay Hut, on the Hollyford Track, in Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. After the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand, hunting reduced the seal population near to extinction. This mammal is known as kekeno in Maori language. Some call it Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The Tasman Sea has eroded fascinating patterns in the rocks of Martins Bay on the Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, South Island of New Zealand. We enjoyed an easy 3-day version of the Hollyford Track: Day 1: fly from Milford Sound to Martins Bay, walk to its oceanfront Hut, and see New Zealand fur seals. Day 2: jetboat on Lake McKerrow to Pyke River Confluence, hike to Hidden Falls Hut for overnight lodging. Day 3: tramp out to Hollyford Road end to our prearranged car shuttle. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Tasman Sea has eroded fascinating patterns in the rocks of Martins Bay on the Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, South Island of New Zealand. We enjoyed an easy 3-day version of the Hollyford Track: Day 1: fly from Milford Sound to Martins Bay, walk to its oceanfront Hut, and see New Zealand fur seals. Day 2: jetboat on Lake McKerrow to Pyke River Confluence, hike to Hidden Falls Hut for overnight lodging. Day 3: tramp out to Hollyford Road end to our prearranged car shuttle. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Tasman Sea has eroded fascinating patterns in the rocks of Martins Bay on the Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, South Island of New Zealand. We enjoyed an easy 3-day version of the Hollyford Track: Day 1: fly from Milford Sound to Martins Bay, walk to its oceanfront Hut, and see New Zealand fur seals. Day 2: jetboat on Lake McKerrow to Pyke River Confluence, hike to Hidden Falls Hut for overnight lodging. Day 3: tramp out to Hollyford Road end to our prearranged car shuttle. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Swing Bridge near Hidden Falls on Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. We enjoyed an easy 3-day version of the Hollyford Track: Day 1: fly from Milford Sound to Martins Bay, walk to its oceanfront Hut, and see New Zealand fur seals. Day 2: jetboat on Lake McKerrow to Pyke River Confluence, hike to Hidden Falls Hut for overnight lodging. Day 3: tramp out to Hollyford Road end to our prearranged car shuttle. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Lush temperate rainforest near Hidden Falls Swing Bridge on Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. We enjoyed an easy 3-day version of the Hollyford Track: Day 1: fly from Milford Sound to Martins Bay, walk to its oceanfront Hut, and see New Zealand fur seals. Day 2: jetboat on Lake McKerrow to Pyke River Confluence, hike to Hidden Falls Hut for overnight lodging. Day 3: tramp out to Hollyford Road end to our prearranged car shuttle. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • New Zealand fantail / Rhipidura fuliginosa, on the Hollyford Track, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. The fantail is one of the few native forest bird species that has coped reasonably well with the extensive conversion of lowland native forest to farmland. However, nesting adults, eggs and chicks are not immune from being preyed upon by introduced mammalian pests, particularly by ship rats. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • See Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, and The Remarkables from Bob's Peak, reached via Skyline Queenstown gondola or a hiking trail. Queenstown, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Shotover River, seen from Arthur's Point Bridge, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Sheep graze on Rees Station in the Rees Valley under snowy Mt Earnslaw (or Pikirakatahi 2830m / 9249 ft) in Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Hiking under Mount Head and Grant Glacier along Rees River on Rees Station, on the Rees-Dart Track, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park.
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  • Hiking under Mount Head and Grant Glacier along Rees River on Rees Station, on the Rees-Dart Track, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com .
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  • View Rees River from Rees-Dart Track in flats of Rees Valley Station, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park.
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  • Stream in lush green vegetation. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Sunset shines on peaks of the Southern Alps at the headwaters of Rees River at Shelter Rock Hut on Rees-Dart Track in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ranunculus lyallii, also known as the Mount Cook Lily, blooms the largest flower in the Buttercup family. Photographed at Rees Saddle. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • A hiker crosses Snowy Creek on the descent from Rees Saddle to Dart Hut on the Rees-Dart Track in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Glacier-clad Mt Edward rises above.
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  • Three trampers are silhouetted against glacier-clad Mt Edward (2620m) in Dart Valley on a spectacular day hike from Dart Hut to Cascade Saddle. Rees-Dart Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. At lower left is Hesse Glacier.
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  • Orange & white rock pattern with reddish lichen in Dart Valley. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Rob Roy Peak above Matukituki Valley, seen from Cascade Saddle in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Cascade Saddle is a spectacular 20-kilometer side trip from Dart Hut on the Rees-Dart Track. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Aspiring / Tititea (3033 m or 9951 ft, New Zealand's 23rd-highest mountain) is seen from a hill above Cascade Saddle. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 20km side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Glacier-clad Mt Edward (left), Dart Glacier, Reid Glacier on Plunket Dome (right), and hikers reflect in a pond during a 20 kilometer round trip hike to Cascade Saddle from Dart Hut, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Sunrise in Dart Valley seen from Daley's Flat Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Forest killed by newly flooded lake. In this 2019 photo, Dart River forms a blue-green lake in Dredge Flat, dammed by the 2014 Jan 04 landslide, which required rough, rooty rerouting of three sections of the Rees-Dart Track, reopened in late 2017. Suspended glacial powder colors the lake turquoise. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5-mile side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Forest killed by newly flooded lake. In this 2019 photo, Dart River forms a blue-green lake in Dredge Flat, dammed by the 2014 Jan 04 landslide, which required rough, rooty rerouting of three sections of the Rees-Dart Track, reopened in late 2017. Suspended glacial powder colors the lake turquoise. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5-mile side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • In this 2019 photo, Dart River forms a blue-green lake in Dredge Flat, dammed by the 2014 Jan 04 landslide, which required rough, rooty rerouting of three sections of the Rees-Dart Track, reopened in late 2017. Suspended glacial powder colors the lake turquoise. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5-mile side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Forest killed by newly flooded lake. In this 2019 photo, Dart River forms a blue-green lake in Dredge Flat, dammed by the 2014 Jan 04 landslide, which required rough, rooty rerouting of three sections of the Rees-Dart Track, reopened in late 2017. Suspended glacial powder colors the lake turquoise. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5-mile side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Hedin Peak 2135m rises above a tree-dotted island in the Dart River on the Rees-Dart Track. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Standing wave clouds form patterns over Hedin Peak 2135m above the Dart Valley and Rees-Dart Track. In 5 days, we tramped the strenuous Rees-Dart Track for 39 miles plus 12.5 miles side trip to spectacular Cascade Saddle, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Panorama of Rob Roy Glacier & waterfall, on Rob Roy Track in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Rob Roy Glacier, seen from Rob Roy Track in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Rob Roy Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Below Rob Roy Glacier, wind blows multiple wisps of a waterfall back upwards. Rob Roy Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Below Rob Roy Glacier, wind blows multiple wisps of a waterfall back upwards. Rob Roy Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Rob Roy Track swing bridge, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Photographed in 2019, this 2013 bridge replaced the original 1987 bridge. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Rainbow, blue sky, and clouds over Lake Hawea. Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Our hikers ascend the Young River on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Panorama at the headwaters of the Young River, above Young Hut on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mountain daisies (Celmisia genus) bloom under Mount Awful near the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft, left) at the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A tramper at Gillespie Pass admires Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft) and other peaks of the Southern Alps, above Gillespie Valley on Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A tramper descends Gillespie Valley from Gillespie Pass under Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft) in the Southern Alps, on Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mt Alba rises above Crucible Valley which enters the flats of Siberia Valley in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Seen from the Wilkin Track where forested Gillespie Valley meets the broader Siberia Valley. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Crucible Stream below Mt Alba in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Gloves on toes at ice-filled Crucible Lake in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Descending from the moraine lip of Crucible Lake, a side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Orange and white lichen pattern on rock. Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • We rock hop across Crucible Stream shown here, then must wade through Siberia Stream and Gillespie Stream to return to Siberia Hut, on the Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Rock patterns from Siberia Valley side streams. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Dramatic clouds swirl over Siberia Valley. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Blue Pools on a green day, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, near Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Blue Pools Track is an easy short walk through mature beech and podocarp forest to a swing bridge over the glacier-fed Blue River, whose water color depends upon flood & gravel cycles. From Blue Pools parking lot, Young River Mouth can be reached after 7 km on the Gillespie Pass Track (which can be shortened from Makarora Village via jetboat or Makarora River crossing). UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Blue Pools on a green day, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, near Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Blue Pools Track is an easy short walk through mature beech and podocarp forest to a swing bridge over the glacier-fed Blue River, whose water color depends upon flood & gravel cycles. From Blue Pools parking lot, Young River Mouth can be reached after 7 km on the Gillespie Pass Track (which can be shortened from Makarora Village via jetboat or Makarora River crossing). UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Haast Pass Lookout (walk 4km round trip steeply with 130 meters gain) in the Southern Alps, Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island of New Zealand. Haast Pass  was named from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as Provincial Geologist for the Provincial government of Canterbury. The road through Haast Pass (State Highway 6) was converted from a rough track to a formed road in 1966 and finally received a complete tarmac surface by 1995. At 562 metres elevation, Haast Pass is the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and Makarora Rivers. The pass forms part of the boundary between Otago and the West Coast. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • New Zealand ferns and lichen growing from rock. Photographed at Haast Pass Lookout (walk 4km round trip steeply with 130 meters gain) in the Southern Alps, Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island of New Zealand. Haast Pass  is named from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as Provincial Geologist for the Provincial government of Canterbury. The road through Haast Pass (State Highway 6) was converted from a rough track to a formed road in 1966 and finally received a complete tarmac surface by 1995. At 562 metres elevation, Haast Pass is the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and Makarora Rivers. The pass forms part of the boundary between Otago and the West Coast.
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  • Rock pattern on Gillespies Beach, near Fox Glacier, in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
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  • The chorus cicada, Amphipsalta zelandica, is the most common species of cicada in New Zealand, where it is endemic and found in most areas. They typically live in forests and areas with open bush, where their left-over nymph skins can be seen on tree trunks and branches during summer. Cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They have an exceptionally loud song, produced in most species by the rapid buckling and unbuckling of drumlike tymbals. Photographed at Gillespies Beach, near Fox Glacier, in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
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  • Called the pukeko in New Zealand, this Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) was photographed at Lake Matheson  near Fox Glacier, in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, West Coast of South Island, NEW ZEALAND.  This bird is found in eastern Indonesia (the Moluccas, Aru and Kai Islands), Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Often called the grey duck in New Zealand, or parera in Maori, the Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. Photographed along Lake Matheson Walking Tracks, near Fox Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, West Coast of South Island, NEW ZEALAND. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Fed by four alpine glaciers, Fox Glacier descends 2600 m (8500 ft) on its 13 km journey from the Southern Alps towards the coast, finishing near rainforest 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. Fox Glacier has been rapidly retreating 2009-2019. With the passage of the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, the glacier's name changed to Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe.
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  • A sea stack erodes from a cliff at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk, on Dolomite Point in Paparoa National Park, between Westport and Greymouth in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.
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  • Layered rock patterns at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk, on Dolomite Point in Paparoa National Park, between Westport and Greymouth in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.
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  • Putai Blowhole has an orange throat, at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk, on Dolomite Point in Paparoa National Park, between Westport and Greymouth in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Putai means seafoam in Maori. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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