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The Marlborough Sounds (te reo Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka) are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. [1] According to Māori mythology, the sounds are the prows of the many sunken waka of ...
Fiordland National Park is a national park in the south-west corner of South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 13 national parks in New Zealand, with an area covering 12,607 km 2 (4,868 sq mi), [1] and a major part of the Te Wāhipounamu a UNESCO World Heritage Site established in 1990.
The national parks of New Zealand are protected natural areas administered by the Department of Conservation (DOC). The first national parks established in the country were all focused on mountain scenery. Since the 1980s the focus has been on developing a more diverse representation of New Zealand landscapes. [1]
Fiordland's landscape is characterised by deep fiords along the coast.....and U-shaped valleys carved by glaciers. Fiordland (Māori: Te Rua-o-te-Moko, "The Pit of Tattooing", [1] [2] and also translated as "the Shadowlands"), is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland.
The film was intended to be shown in the New Zealand pavilion at the Expo, and was commissioned as a promotional tool for the nation, directed towards the Japanese audience at the event. [1] Directed by New Zealand filmmaker Hugh Macdonald, This is New Zealand was designed to be projected onto three separate screens making up one widescreen ...
Liam Michael Thompson (born 25 April 2000) [citation needed] is a New Zealand YouTube personality. As of May 2024, he has over 2 million subscribers. [1] Thompson's channel consists of a mix of different videos with no common theme; however, his most successful videos tend to include his pet labradoodle, Max. [3]
New Zealand's scores in the 2010 Environmental Performance Index [61] The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a method of quantifying and numerically benchmarking the environmental performance of a country's policies. It results in a score out of 100. In 2016 New Zealand scored 88 out of 100, and ranked 11 out of 132 countries. [62]
Whale watching in Kaikōura from a boat Main article: Whale watching A Bryde's Whale is viewed from Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari's research vessel the 'Dolphin Explorer' during a whale watching trip into the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Whale watching in New Zealand is predominantly centred around the areas of Kaikōura and the Hauraki Gulf. Known as the 'whale capital', Kaikōura is a world ...