North Island Gallery

Upturned boats on beach with pier to wharf in bay framed by Pohutukawa tree branches

Upturned boats on beach with pier to wharf in bay framed by Pohutukawa tree branches, Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

© Pearl Bucknall

Bay Of Islands, Beach, Beaches, Coast, Coasts, Color Image, Horizontal, Jetties, Jetty, New Zealand, North Island, Northland, Outdoors, Pacific, Photography, Places, Russell, Travel, Travel Destinations

Brown Kiwi - adult one poking in the ground with its long beak searching for food in native Kauri forest with fallen Kauri twigs visible

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Brown Kiwi - adult one poking in the ground with its long beak searching for food in native Kauri forest with fallen Kauri twigs visible
Trounson Kauri Park Scenic Reserve, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
Apteryx australis
The kiwi is New Zealand's most ancient living bird and a biological oddity. Flightless and largely nocturnal its one-off evolutionary design holds all sorts of biological records. Kiwi build burrows and lay a huge egg that produces a mature fully-feathered independent chick. And that's where they are at their most vulnerable. Introduced predators and ferral cats or dogs kill the chicks and can erradicate a whole generation of kiwi. That's why special programs to protect the kiwi are in place. Eggs and chicks are removed from the bush to return them again to the wild when they gained enough weight to be big enough to fight off predators. The kiwi is highly threatened and also the icon of New Zealand.
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Steffen & Alexandra Sailer/ardea.com

Huka Falls - water masses of Waikato river rushing down Huka Falls

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Huka Falls - water masses of Waikato river rushing down Huka Falls
Taupo, North Island, New Zealand
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Steffen & Alexandra Sailer/ardea.com

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