South Pacific: New Zealand | Papua New Guinea

North America: Alberta | Asia: South Korea | Africa: Ghana

Coming soon...Greece, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, England, France, Australia, Fiji, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Canada, the USA, India, Nepal, Thailand and more...

New Zealand

These pictures are from my winter-time trips to New Zealand's north island. I'll add plenty of South Island and summertime photos one of these days, so check back later...

After a night in Te Kuiti (the self-proclaimed sheep shearing capital of the world), I headed to the Whareorino Forest with some Department of Conservation workers to look for the critically endangered Archey's frog.

View from the Whareorino Forest to the sea

Whareorino Ocean View

Ferns in Whareorino

Whareorino ferns

Here it is, active at 2 degrees C in mid-winter, pretty amazing...

Endangered Archey's Frog - Leiopelma archeyi

Leiopelma archeyi - Archey's Frog

New Zealand's only non-threatened native frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri, which hangs out under rocks in the streams...

Hochstetter's Frog - Leiopelma hochstetteri

Leiopelma hochstetteri - Hochstetter's Frog

Mt. Taranaki in the distance

Taranaki

Lake Taupo

Afterwards I headed to one of the world's most beautiful spots, Tongariro National Park, home of one of the world's coolest mountains, Mt. Ngaurahoe.