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

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

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

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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

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

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.