These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

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

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

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

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

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

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.