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One Tree Hill

Auckland

Maungakiekie was the largest and most spiritually significant M膩ori p膩 (fortified village) prior to British arrival. At the top of this volcanic cone (at鈥�

Huka Falls

Taupo

The Waikato, New Zealand鈥檚 longest river, squeezes through a narrow chasm at Huka Falls, making the聽dramatic 11m drop into a surging crystal-blue鈥�

Lake Wakatipu

Queenstown

Shaped like a cartoon lightning bolt, Lake Wakatipu is NZ's third-largest lake. It reaches a depth of 372m, meaning the lake bed actually sits below sea鈥�

Te Puia

Rotorua

Te Puia dials up the heat on M膩oritanga (things M膩ori) with explosive performances from both its cultural troupe and P艒hutu (Big Splash), its famous鈥�

Orakei Korako

Taupo

Tucked away from other more popular thermal fields, Orakei Korako is (since the destruction of the Pink and White Terraces, at least) arguably NZ's most鈥�

Waimangu Volcanic Valley

Rotorua & the Bay of Plenty

The most visible wound from Mt Tarawera's 1886 eruption, the Waimangu geothermal area spreads down a valley to Lake Rotomahana (Warm Lake). The experience鈥�

Auckland Museum

Parnell & Newmarket

This imposing neoclassical temple (1929), capped with an impressive copper-and-glass dome (2007), dominates the Auckland Domain and is a prominent part of鈥�

Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland

Rotorua & the Bay of Plenty

The most colourful of the region's geothermal attractions, Wai-O-Tapu (Sacred Waters) has a variety of features packed into a relatively compact, heavily鈥�