Photographic Report of our trip to New Zealand, January 20 - February 06, 2004
map of New Zealand Point and click on areas of the map to goto various parts of the trip |
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| Auckland On the populated North Island Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Auckland by night |
Downtown Auckland |
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View from One Tree Hill |
View from One Tree Hill |
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View from One Tree Hill |
View from One Tree Hill |
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View from One Tree Hill |
View from One Tree Hill |
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Tane Mahuta |
Tane Mahuta |
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Tane Mahuta |
Tane Mahuta |
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The Kauri Kingdom processes fossilized Kauri trees |
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Plenty of beautiful flowering shrubs |
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Cape Reinga, the most North-Western Point of New Zealand |
Ninety Miles Beach, from Cape Reigna down the Westcoast |
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Kaitaia, at the neck of the peninsula has a lot of Yugoslav immigrants |
Kaitaia greets you in Maori, Yugoslav and English |
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Bay of Islands, Discovery Tours |
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Finding Dolphins |
and the huge Sunfish or Mola mola Known as Ocean sunfish, sunfish, moonfish, mondfisch, manbow, pez luna, pesce luna. See also 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5  |
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In Treaty House, where Maoris and British made peace, is a museum |
The Longboat, used also for ceremonial purposes |
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| Roturua The city of Volcanic Activity Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Roturua, Kuirau Park |
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Roturua, Kuirau Park |
Roturua, Kuirau Park |
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Flying a sea-plane |
Over the vulcanos around Roturoa |
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Roturua Maori Village is an interesting excursion |
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After a dramatic eruption, trees grow where once stood a fence |
In the Burried City of Te Wairoa |
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Te Wairoa was a village nearby a Waterfall |
The friendly messages of New Zealand Tourist Industry |
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Wai O Tapu, another seismic active area |
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with poisonous looking water |
and bubles |
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| Napier Art Deco and Spanish style after a major earthquake in 1932 Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Napier, 'Center Stage' |
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built up mainly in Art Deco Style |
in only a couple of years |
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a remarkable story of resiliense |
and a snapshot of architecture of the 30-ties |
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including Spanish Landhouse style |
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In the middle of town, from Dutch Origin |
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Dutch Treat' |
Serving 'broodje kroket' |
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| Wellington Southern tip of North Island Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Wellington, Government City |
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With a very beautiful botanical garden |
Featuring 'Etoile de Holland' |
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| South Island Rough and beautiful nature and some small cities Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Interislander Arahura |
Picton |
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Motueka Foulwater Bay, nature at its best |
Motueka Foulwater Bay, Seal Colony
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Pancakes and .... |
.... Blow Holes |
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| Queenstown and Milford Sound The Alpine city of New Zealand and the biggest Fjord of the Southern Hemisphere Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
| The Plane from Queenstown to Millford Sound |
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| Flying past mountains |
over mountains |
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| and along Glaciers |
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Milford Sound on the boat |
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Return to Queenstown by coach, clouds |
rainbows |
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and the apotheose |
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| The South-East Dunedin, Mouraki and Christchurch Map | Auckland | Roturua | Napier | Wellington | South-Island | Queenstown and Milford Sound | South-East | |||
Dunedin, Station |
Dunedin Church |
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| Janet Frame Memorial on February 4, covered with flowers after her dead January 29. New Zealand novelist whose masterful yet disturbing books explored mental illness. Misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized for eight years, she drew on her own experience in her stark works, which include Owls Do Cry and Intensive Care. Died: Dunedin, New Zealand, January 29, 2004  |
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Otago Peninsula: Yellow Eye Penguins |
Otago Peninsula: Yellow Eye Penguins |
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Otago Peninsula: Royal Albatros |
Otago Peninsula: Royal Albatros |
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The Mouraki Boulders |
Solidified Clay formations or ballast of Chinese discoverers? |
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Anyway, they are big |
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Christchurch, from which we returned to Shanghai |
Christchurch tram |
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