Okere Falls

Okere Falls on the Kaituna River is part of the Okere Falls Scenic Reserve on the North Island of New Zealand

Yellow-eyed Penguin

A Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), aka Hoiho, listed by the IUCN as Endangered, emerges from the ocean at Curio Bay, New Zealand and rests before proceeding to its nest at sunset

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), listed as endangered by the IUCN, on the shoreline of Curio Bay at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), listed as endangered by the IUCN, on the shoreline of Curio Bay at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), listed as endangered by the IUCN, on the shoreline of Curio Bay at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand

Wildflower patch

A carpet of wildflowers provides a colorful display on a beach near Christchurch, New Zealand

Lake Pukaki

Due to a high concentration of glacial melt water, Lake Pukaki, just south of Mt Cook, exhibits the typical blue to aquamarine color of a glacial lake

Lake Pukaki

The unbelievably blue, turquoise Lake Pukaki in Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand, South Island

Moeraki Boulder

The Moeraki Boulders are large, somewhat spherical, concretions of mud, silt, clay and calcite that sit along Koekohe Beach on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand

Moeraki Boulders

The Moeraki Boulders are large, somewhat spherical, concretions of mud, silt, clay and calcite that sit along Koekohe Beach on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand

Moreaki Boulders

The Moeraki Boulders are large, somewhat spherical, concretions of mud, silt, clay and calcite that sit along Koekohe Beach on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand

Surf's Up

A huge wave explodes over a rock ledge at Curio Bay at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand

Milford Sound Waterfall

A tourist boat gets its passengers up close and personal to Stirling Falls in Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Waterfall

Falls Creek pours out of the mountains in Fiordland National Park on the South Island of New Zealand

Alisa Mts

The rugged, Alisa Mountain Range greets visitors as they approach Milford Sound on the South Island of New Zealand

Kea

Kea (Nestor notabilis0, a large mountain parrot, in Fiordland National Park on the South Island of New Zealand

Kea

Kea (Nestor notabilis), a large parrot known for its intelligence, curiosity and ability to cause mischief. South Island, New Zealand lives in forested and alpine regions

Red Tussock Grass

Red Tussock in the Red Tussock Conservation Area in southwestern New Zealand (south island)

Fox Glacier

Cracks and crevasses created by Fox Glacier as it moves downhill over cliffs and drop-offs towards its temperate rainforest terminus

Southern Alps, aerial

An aerial view of the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand on a sunny, blue sky, spring day after a fresh snowfall

Southern Alps, aerial

An aerial view of Mt. Cook National Park and the Southern Alps with Mt. Sefton (3151m-10335ft), the dominant arrow-shaped peak, on the horizon and a heavy cloud layer below on the South Island of New Zealand

Mt Cook, aka Aoraki

Mt Cook (Aoraki)(12,316ft-3754m) and Mt Tasman (11,470ft-3497m) cloaked in snow in Mt Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Mt Sefton, Southern Alps

An aerial of Mt. Sefton (10,338ft-3151m)(aka. Takiroa) in Mt Cook National Park rising above the clouds, on a blue sky, sunny, spring day after a fresh snowfall on the South Island of New Zealand

Mt Sefton, Southern Alps

Mt. Sefton (10,338ft-3151m)(aka. Takiroa) in Mt Cook National Park rises above the clouds, on a blue sky, sunny, spring day after a fresh snowfall on the South Island of New Zealand