Autumn Colours

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Autumn Colours

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Autumn Colours

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Autumn Colours

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

It’s no surprise that Autumn is the season particularly favoured by photographers in New Zealand. The Autumn light is as exquisitely beautiful as the subject the camera catches. But your eye is nature’s lens and your heart will catch as you see colours intensify at dawn, noon or sunset and the infinite range of hues that saturate the magnificent landscape.

Autumn Colours

Come to New Zealand in Autumn and you’ll see glimpses of summer and winter too in what might be the most comfortable time of the year to explore.

Summer fades softly like the cerise Pohutukawa flowers that dust into purple on the Northern sandy beaches. Mountains like Aoraki Mt Cook Peak in the South Island threaten to capture the first flakes of snow in the South Island while the ocean is still warm enough for swimming.

This is arguably the most agreeable season for touring the country whether you’re on a guided coach tour or a self-arranged tramp (walk). The sun is bright and the air is warm. The sky is clear and the possibilities are endless.

Autumn is a seasonal hiatus of introspective calm. While the native trees of New Zealand like the corydalis (Cabbage Tree) and giant Kauri are evergreen and simply carry their spent blooms a little longer on the limb, many deciduous trees have been introduced. It is easy to imagine miners in Nineteenth Century Arrowtown planting poplar seeds from home around their tiny cottages. Now, the visual symphony of sunbright poplar leaves exaggerate what is already a stunning location.

Central Otago and Hawke’s Bay are renowned for their leafy autumn carnival of colours. Whispers of winds and the first touch of frost in Wanaka turn the leaves from heady green to gold and to rust and red.

Tour both the North and South Islands and watch the colours change from evergreens to deciduous treetops of gold, from golden sand and sun to green pastures and wildly ancient grey-green forests. Lake Tekapo is always stark turquoise blue no matter the season and the sky above the lake is a screen displaying spectacular star sightings, sunrises and sunsets, especially clear in the cooler Autumn air.

For wild splashes of amazing ruby-pink rusts and scarlets, take a leafy walk through the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. More colour, with an artist’s perpective, comes with the Festival of Colour, part of the Wanaka Autumn Arts Festival in March.
But if nature’s creativity is what really inspires you, as well as the rainbows of Autumn colours raining down on you and the crunch of dry leaves underfoot, come and see the yellow-eyed penguin at a free public viewing hut on the Otago coast - dusk and dawn are the best times.

A black swan in a city park lake, a blue whale basking in the dark water, a bright red-beaked inky-blue native pokeko hen dancing in the greenery - this land is one of remarkable hues: the mountains, the lakes, the flora and the fauna. And Autumn is the time to set your aperture wide and enliven your perception on the world around you, New Zealand-style.

Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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Once there was gold in the mountains; today there's autumn gold in the trees.

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	DRIVING ROUTES Find a driving route for your New Zealand holiday. Maybe you know where you want to go, maybe you don't. Either way there's a route for you. Photo credit: Ben Crawford
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