New Zealand North

Hahei Beach in front of Hahei Beach Resort - Our first day in NZ!!!

Cathedral Cove Walk. Hahei, Coromandel Penninsula New Zealand North Island

Cathedral Cove Walk. Hahei, Coromandel Penninsula New Zealand North Island - this is the actual cathedral cove rock!

Cathedral Cove Walk. Hahei, Coromandel Penninsula New Zealand North Island

Cathedral Cove Walk. Hahei, Coromandel Penninsula New Zealand North Island. That's Miranda at the bottom of the rock.

Cathedral Cove Walk. Hahei, Coromandel Penninsula New Zealand North Island

Roadside stop Coromandel Penninsula, NZ.

Taurangi, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Lunch at the Lobster Club. This is a 12 inch dinner plate. The mussels were giant!!

Rotorua, New Zealand. Attending a Maori Cultural show and hangi (feast). The hangi is cooked in an inground earth oven.

Rotorua, New Zealand. Attending a Maori Cultural show and hangi (feast). dinner emerges.

Huka Falls, near Lake Taupo, New Zealand. These falls produce 15% of the energy in all of New Zealand. The pressure was unbelievable.

Huka Falls, near Lake Taupo, New Zealand.

Crater of the Moon walk. (near Huka Falls), Taupo, New Zealand. The sulphur smell was disgusting!

Crater of the Moon walk. (near Huka Falls), Taupo, New Zealand. Steam rising from vents in the earth.

Crater of the Moon walk. (near Huka Falls), Taupo, New Zealand.

Crater of the Moon walk. (near Huka Falls), Taupo, New Zealand. The ground at Crater of the Moon.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. 5:50AM start. Arriving at the trailhead.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. Mt. Ngauruhoe. Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. Mt. Ngauruhoe. Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The summit.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. Emerald Lakes.

Tongariro Crossing, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

Auckland, NZ. Viaduct Pier in Auckland harbor.

Auckland, NZ. Mom's arrival in Auckland.

Auckland, NZ. View of Auckland from Devonport.

Auckland, NZ. Appetizers on the waterfront.

Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. Waiheke Island. Ferry from Waiheke Island.

Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. Waiheke Island. Ferry to Waiheke Island.

Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. Waiheke Island. Mudbrick Vineyard. Gorgeous!