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Spring blooms in New Zealand: lupines and broom

A very beautiful aspect both from the landscape and photographic point of view of a trip made in spring in New Zealand are the blooms. The most beautiful areas for observing the spring blooms are found on the splendid South Island. The best time to admire them is late spring. Generally the month of November […]

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A photographic tour to New Zealand

This time I decide to try a new type of tour that is starting to be very fashionable among enthusiasts: the photographic journey. The country I choose is one of the most interesting from the point of view of landscape photography: New Zealand. The photographic tour to New Zealand in which I participate is made […]

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The place of silence: the Doubtful Sound

The experience of a cruise in the Doubtful Sound is probably one of the most indelible memories of a trip to the South Island of New Zealand. The Doubtful Sound is a fjord over 40 km long, which with its 421 meters deep is the deepest fjord on the South Island of New Zealand. This […]

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The trail to Mount Cook: the Hooker Valley Track

One of the best known and most popular walks in Mount Cook / Aoraki National Park is the one that runs through the Hooker Valley. This trail runs alongside the Hooker River in the shadow of Mount Cook. This walk allows the view of some of the most wonderful landscapes of the Southern Alps and […]

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The Nugget Point lighthouse: an icon of New Zealand

One of the most photographed places on the coast of New Zealand’s South Island is the promontory of Nugget Point with its lighthouse. This stretch of coast is located at the northern end of the Catlins coast in the Otago region. Reaching the Nugget Point lighthouse is an exciting experience, the road to the lighthouse […]

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The Catlins coast: a spectacular and wild coast

At the southern end of New Zealand, between the coastal resorts of Kaka Point and Fortrose, there is a spectacular coastline full of natural wonders. This region of the country is known for its great climate variability. A cool temperate maritime climate rich in humidity with about 150 rainy days per year. The wild natural […]

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The hiking trails of New Zealand: The Great Walk

New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries in the world to visit for lovers of nature and natural landscapes. The varied landscapes of New Zealand and its spectacular and varied coastline washed by the waters of the Pacific Ocean are the perfect place to practice a multitude of outdoor sports. The country is […]

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South Island of New Zealand: spectacular nature

The South Island of New Zealand is the largest of the two large islands in the country, but it is also the least inhabited (151,215 km², 1,017,300 inhabitants), only 24% of New Zealanders live here. The only large city on this island is Christchurch (376,700 inhabitants), located almost in the middle of the east coast, […]

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Northland: a spectacular coast and green hills

Northland is New Zealand’s northernmost region. The territory of this region is part of the North Auckland Peninsula, a peninsula about 285 km long washed by the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The northern end of the peninsula is formed by the narrow peninsula of Aupouri. The territory is mainly composed of small and […]

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Rotorua: thermal and natural wonders

Rotorua, a town with about sixty thousand inhabitants, is one of the main tourist destinations in New Zealand, famous for its geothermal activities, including geysers and boiling mud pools. The city is located along the southern shores of the lake of the same name in the Bay of Plenty region, in the thermal heart of […]

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Wellington: one of the cities with best quality of life

Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is a city located at the southern end of the North Island, south of the Rimutaka Ranges. The city is the third urban area of the country after those of Auckland and Christchurch (about four hundred thousand inhabitants in 2020). Here are the main public offices of New Zealand. […]

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Auckland: the city of sailing boats, a cosmopolitan city

Auckland, the city of sails, is a cosmopolitan city that offers a great diversity of landscapes, numerous attractions, two wonderful ports, excellent seafood cuisine accompanied by award-winning wines, and great opportunities for purchases of all kinds. Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand, its metropolitan area has over one million four hundred thousand inhabitants. […]

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The North Island of New Zealand: volcanoes and cities

The North Island of New Zealand (113,729 km²), with nearly four million inhabitants, is the most populated island in the country (about 76% of the New Zealand population lives here), although it is smaller than the South Island ( 151,215 sq km). On the North Island are in fact the two most important cities of […]

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Flights to New Zealand: How to get to New Zealand

The plane is the fastest way to get to New Zealand, the country is about 3 and a half hours flight from the coast of Eastern Australia. Numerous airlines have flights to New Zealand, in addition to the flag carrier Air New Zealand there are Qantas, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Thai, Korean […]

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Cyclones and hurricanes in the South Pacific

What is the period of cyclones and hurricanes in Polynesia? What is the hurricanes and cyclones season and which are the islands most at risk of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific? Cyclones and tropical hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean typically form between 5 ° and 20 ° latitude from the equator, both north and […]