New Zealand Gallery

Brown Kiwi - adult one poking in the ground with its long beak searching for food in native Kauri forest with fallen Kauri twigs visible

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Brown Kiwi - adult one poking in the ground with its long beak searching for food in native Kauri forest with fallen Kauri twigs visible
Trounson Kauri Park Scenic Reserve, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
Apteryx australis
The kiwi is New Zealand's most ancient living bird and a biological oddity. Flightless and largely nocturnal its one-off evolutionary design holds all sorts of biological records. Kiwi build burrows and lay a huge egg that produces a mature fully-feathered independent chick. And that's where they are at their most vulnerable. Introduced predators and ferral cats or dogs kill the chicks and can erradicate a whole generation of kiwi. That's why special programs to protect the kiwi are in place. Eggs and chicks are removed from the bush to return them again to the wild when they gained enough weight to be big enough to fight off predators. The kiwi is highly threatened and also the icon of New Zealand.
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
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Mount Ngauruhoe - peak of perfectly shaped volcanoe Mt Ngauruhoe sticking out of clouds at dusk

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Mount Ngauruhoe - peak of perfectly shaped volcanoe Mt Ngauruhoe sticking out of clouds at dusk
Tongariro National Park, Tongariro World Heritage Area, North Island, New Zealand
Tongariro National Park is a World Heritage Area and was used for the filming of many scenes for the Lord of the Rings Triology. Mt Ngauruhoe is Mt Doom in the films but was digitally altered considerably.
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
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Lake Wakatipu - view towards the stunning mountains of Mount Aspiring Nation

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Lake Wakatipu - view towards the stunning mountains of Mount Aspiring Nation
Queenstown, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Queenstown - the capitol of adrenaline - is situated at the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown and the area around Lake Wakatipu including the mountains of Mt. Aspiring National Park were used for the filming of many scenes for the Lord of the Rings Triology. Lothlorien Amon Hen Isengard and Ithlien Camp are some of the fictional locations. Many of the scenes were digitally altered though so the original places are not easy to recognize.
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Steffen & Alexandra Sailer/ardea.com