The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

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.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

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

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.