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New Zealand Pictures

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By Larry Rivera, About.com

Images of the North Island
From Ninety Mile Beach through the Bay of Islands, Auckland, Gisborne, Rotorua, Waitomo Caves and south to Wellington.

Images of the South Island
Christchurch to Queenstown to Milford Sound.

Kea
New Zealand's cheeky mountain parrot. Raucous, inquisitive, unafraid of humans.

Kiwi
Nocturnal flightless bird thought to have lived in New Zealand for 70 million years. A national symbol.

Tuatura
One of New Zealand's oldest inhabitants, a reptile which was in existence at the time of the dinosaurs.

Yellow-Eyed Penguin
The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin, which can be seen on Dunedin's scenic Otago Peninsula on New Zealand's South Island, is the world's rarest penguin.

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