Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The tui, a beautiful mockingbird-like songbird, at Tiritiri Matangi island sanctuary, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The tui, a beautiful mockingbird-like songbird, at Tiritiri Matangi island sanctuary, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A bellbird, one of New Zealand's most melodious native songbirds, on Tiritiri Matangi sanctuary island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Stitchbirds, extinct on the mainland in the 1880s, but survived on predator-free islands and being reintroduced in sanctuaries like Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The tui, a beautiful mockingbird-like songbird, at Tiritiri Matangi island sanctuary, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Coastline looking north towards Coromandel and Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Coastline looking north towards Coromandel and Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Auckland Skyline at dusk, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Auckland Skyline at dusk, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Oneroa beach, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Auckland Skyline at dusk, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Little sailing boats in Matiata Bay on Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View over Little Oneroa Beach, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in flight with fish in beak, across the Hauraki Gulf off the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

View over Little Oneroa Beach, Waiheke island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in flight across the Hauraki Gulf off the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Vineyards, Ostend, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Onetangi Beach, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Middle island farm, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

View over Hauraki Gulf from Eyefull Tower, Driving Creek Railway, Coromandel, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Auckland Harbour Bridge and Hauraki Gulf with the city skyline in the background, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Auckland Harbour Bridge and Hauraki Gulf with the city skyline in the background at night, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Woman wearing traditinal clothes, Maori Arts Festival, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Aerial Photo, Waiheke Island Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

Auckland Skyline at Sunset, View from MS Bremen, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand