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Navigating New Zealand, the Land of The Lord of the Rings

Mont Roy and Lake Wanaka, Otago region, South Island, New Zealand.

Fanthams Peak Track

Auckland, New Zealand

The Stone Store ~ New Zealand

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

Lake Taupo Carvings, New Zealand

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Lake Taupo is a lake situated in the North Island of New Zealand. With a surface area of 616 square kilometres (238 sq mi), it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea).

On the north west side of Lake Taupo on the cliffs of Mine Bay, there are Māori rock carvings created in the late 1970s by Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell and John Randall. Carved in likeness of Ngatoroirangi, a navigator who guided the Tuwharetoa and Te Arawa tribes to the Taupo area over a thousand years ago according to Māori legend. The 10-metre-high carving is intended to protect Lake Taupo from volcanic activities underneath. The cliff has become a popular tourist destination with hundreds of boats and yachts visiting the spot daily. Sources
 


Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

Hobbit houses in Matamata, New Zealand

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