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Geothermal activity

Natural Phenomena in Rotorua, Rotorua Region
Explore a landscape that has been shaped and coloured by extraordinary volcanic and geothermal forces.

Sugar Loaf Islands and Paritutu Rock

Natural Phenomena in New Plymouth, Taranaki Region
Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands are remnants a large volcano that was active nearly two million years ago.

Three Sisters and The Elephant

Natural Phenomena in Waitara, Taranaki Region
Bring your imagination to the North Taranaki coast and find the large elephant on the beach - it's solid rock from trunk to tail.

Natural Phenomena in Taupo, Lake Taupo Region
Explore a cratered valley that's hissing with clouds of steam. Feel the heat of the earth at the edge of the track, and peer from viewing platforms into cauldrons of boiling mud.

Waitomo Caves

Natural Phenomena in Waitomo Caves, Waikato Region
Wai means water, tomo means hole. Put them together and you have the perfect name for a region that's packed with limestone caves.

Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve

Natural Phenomena in Martinborough, Wairarapa Region
You don't have to travel far to find yourself on another planet. The Putangirua Pinnacles are just an hour's drive from Martinborough.

Red Rocks Reserve

Natural Phenomena in Wellington, Wellington Region
Put half a day aside for this easy coastal walk to Red Rocks and a fur seal colony on the south side of Wellington.

West Coast glaciers

Natural Phenomena in Fox Glacier, West Coast Region
Witness the puzzle of huge valleys of ice that extend well below the snowline, almost to the sea. Here the ice age is still underway.

Punakaiki pancake rocks and blowholes

Natural Phenomena in Greymouth, West Coast Region
Gaze in wonder at nature's artistry as columns of water shoot skyward from rocks that resemble giant stacks of pancakes.

Oparara basin

Natural Phenomena in Karamea, West Coast Region
Kayak and hike through fascinating limestone formations and ancient native forests in the southwest corner of the Kahurangi National Park.

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