Nature 

New Zealand is a land of nature and a land of immense natural diversity. The scenic attractions alone – the stunning landscapes, glorious beaches, the upthrust volcanoes and spectacular geothermal activity – will leave you reaching for superlatives. There’s the lush and diverse flora, the product of our temperate climate and geographic isolation. Walk through the cool air of amazing evergreen forests where rimu, totara, native beech, and the tallest of them all, the giant kauri, tower overhead and where the undergrowth is dense with native ferns, shrubs, mosses and lichens. And the fauna – the wildlife; somebody described New Zealand as the ultimate storehouse for discontinued zoological models. It’s the place of the millennially ancient tuatara lizard, birds of beautiful song and flightless birds – the waddling native parrot kakapo, the takahe and the iconic kiwi. And the sea has its own unique environments and wildlife with native seals, dolphins and penguins. One country and so much nature, Get out and see it.