Surfer with board and car at Hot Water Beach, New Zealand
Fog banks, Milford Road, New Zealand
Chef at Seafood Kitchen, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hells Gate Geothermal Reserve, New Zealand
Shopgirl outside Zambesi boutique, New Zealand
Maori man on Mokola Island, New Zealand
House on beach, New Zealand
Fog banks, Milford Road, New Zealand
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new zealand surferThe siren call of wave action brings out surfers and their surfboards at Hot Water Beach, on the North Island, a popular, yet sometimes dangerous place to ride the waves. This beach on the Coromandel Peninsula was named for hot pools that sometimes seep through the sand, a reminder of New Zealand's location in a geologically active region.Read more about New Zealand in "Insiders New Zealand," in Traveler's March 2006 issue.
Photograph by John Kernick

Insider's New Zealand

See photos of New Zealand in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

October 20, 2010

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