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New Zealand North Island Landscape & Tourism

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Central Business District (CBD) from Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Pleasure craft in front of Central Business District (CBD) from Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Ferry Building (1912), Waitemata Harbour waterfront, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Tourist boats, Ferry Building (1912), Waitemata Harbour waterfront and Central Business District (CBD) from Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Princess Cruises' Majestic Princess (2017) tied up at Auckland Waterfront, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Auckland from Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Central Business District (CBD) from Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Tourist vessel sailing out into Hauraki Gulf from Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Bean Rock Lighthouse (1871) with nesting Red-Billed Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus), Waitemata Harbour, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Bean Rock Lighthouse with nesting Red-Billed Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus), Waitemata Harbour, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Trees colonising a bare lava field, Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Boardwalk to summit viewpoint of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Looking over dense native bush from the summit viewpoint of Rangitoto Island to farmed Motutapu Island beyond, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Looking over dense native bush from the summit viewpoint of Rangitoto Island to Motutapu and Waiheke Islands and the distant Coromandel Peninsula beyond, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Rangitoto Island crater, completely colonised by native vegetation, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Tree ferns prominent among other native vegetation in Rangitoto Island crater, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Microsorum pustulatum (Hound's Tongue, Kangaroo Fern), Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Predator trap on Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand: See Description for more information

2:1 format image of the well-preserved volcanic Browns Island (Motukorea) in evening sunlight with a threatening sky, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Rangitoto Lighthouse (Rangitoto Beacon) (1882), McKenzie Bay, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Rangitoto Lighthouse (Rangitoto Beacon) (1882), McKenzie Bay and container ships, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Sedimentary rock stack and cliffs, Gulf Harbour, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Gulf Harbour Marina, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Masted pleasure craft leaving Gulf Harbour Marina, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Replanted native bush with prominent Cabbage Trees (Cordyline australis), Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Backlit Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis) foliage, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Orange-red fern frond lit by a shaft of sunlight in a dense woodland thicket, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Bracket fungi on a Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis) trunk, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse (Tiritiri Lighthouse) (1864, 1865) with an aerial masquerading as a tree! Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Coromandel Harbour from the south, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

2:1 image of Coromandel Harbour from the south, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Vine-clad tree trunk in luxuriant indigenous woodland, Waiau Falls, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Luxuriant indigenous woodland, Waiau Falls, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Waiau Falls in luxuriant indigenous woodland, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Luxuriant indigenous woodland, Waiau Falls, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Luxuriant understorey of ferns in native bush, Waiau Falls, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Cyathea medullaris tree fern, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Luxuriant native bush with prominent tree ferns seen from Road 309, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand