These natural images are from Aotearoa - "Land of the Long White Cloud", the Māori name for New Zealand - with 2 main islands, North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui, "the Fish of Maui") and South Island (Te Wai Pounamu, "the Waters of Greenstone"). The complete length spanning about 1000 mi. (1,600 km), and never > 150 mi. (240 km) from the sea - with the N. Island being just slightly longer and nearly 25% smaller than the S. Island - with a total shoreline around 9,300 mi. (15,000 km). Images from all 17 geographical regions and 4 eco-regions, all 13 national parks and many conservation parks and scenic reserves during the late winter thru the early summer seasons. An islands country of glaciers, biogenic sand beaches, fjords, rainforests, alpine forests, waterfalls, sea arches, active volcanoes, meandering rivers, islands galore, and vivid endemic flora and fauna. The N. Island is volcanically active (Taupo Volcanic Zone) and none on S. Island (which is largely metamorphic and some sedimentary). South Island sets atop the convergence borders of the Australian and Pacific Tectonic Plates, with the Southern Alps being pushed up and formed of Pacific Plate (a rare site where two main tectonic plates cross a mainland). The climate in the upper 2/3 of N. Island is subtropical (palms and citrus), while the S. Island is temperate maritime climate (deciduous moist forests and grasslands), with the rainy season from May-Aug. Glaciers are scattered along the great divide of the Southern Alps (11 peaks > 9,800 ft./3,000 m), of S. Island, - with only a few small glaciers upon the volcanic peak of Mt. Ruapehu on N. Island. The warm East Australian Current flows eastward striking the western coasts where it meets the South Equatorial Current flowing SE at the north end of N. Island. About 3/4 of the population live in North Island. Images from all 16 regions of the mainland, where almost 1/3 of the land is federally protected. A country with the deserving motto of "100% Pure".