A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.