Native Flowers of New Zealand
Kakobeak - Kowhai - Clematis
Kakobeak - Ponga Frond - Rata
This postcard was postmarked in 2015.
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
New Zealand - Taranaki and Mt. Egmont, Dear Doctor
Mt. Egmont and the pasture lands of Taranaki
Dear Doctor:
From makers of the PENTOTHAL family of intravenous anesthetics, Holiday Greetings! We've chosen this New Zealand stamp depicting Rembrandt's "Adoration of the Shepherds" as especially appropriate to the Christmas Season.
Abbott
This "Dear Doctor" advertising postcard is postmarked in 1961.
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Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active volcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
New Zealand - Rotorua, Wai-O-Tapu
Thermal Wonderland
Rotorua, New Zealand
From Top left: Champagne Pool, Lake Ngakoro, Artists Palette & Champagne Pool
2009
The sender writes:
Rotorua is the most volcanic place in New Zealand. It sticks of sulphur from the hot pools. Unfortunately the one time I visited, it was shrouded in fog and I couldn't see anything.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
New Zealand - Mount Doom, oops.. I mean, Mount Ngauruhoe
Central Plateau New Zealand
Mt Ngauruhoe with Mt Egmont/Taranaki on the distant west coast horizon.
2010
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Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano in New Zealand. Although seen by most as a volcano in its own right, it is technically a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro.
It erupted 45 times in the 20th century, most recently in 1977.
There are several possible explanations for the mountain's name. The most plausible is Nga Uru Hoe, meaning "throwing heated stones".
In the early 2000s Mount Ngauruhoe was used as a stand-in for the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, achieving worldwide exposure.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
New Zealand - Marine Parade, Napier
New Zealand
Napier Soundshell and Marine Parade, Hawke's Bay
The Soundshell entertainment centre and the Marine Parade on Napier's foreshore, provide both a venue for community activities and a focus for tourists, with many cafes, bars and activities in the immediate surroundings.
2010
Monday, November 17, 2014
New Zealand - Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
The sun soaked north eastern coast of the North Island was name the Bay of Plenty by Captain James Cook. It has more than lived up to its name as a major fruit exporting region and favourite tourist destination.
2010
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The Bay of Plenty is a large indentation in the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It stretches from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east, a wide stretch of some 259 km of open coastline.
The bay contains numerous islands, notably the active volcano Whakaari/White Island, which lies 50 kilometres from the North Island coast in the eastern bay.
The favourable climatic and growing conditions around the bay's coast make this area a major fruit- and vegetable-growing region, with major crops including kiwifruit and apples. There is also productive pastoral land along the coast utilised for sheep and dairy farming.
New Zealand - Maori Action Song
New Zealand
Performed by Maori Concert Party,
Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand
2010
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Māori music is music composed or performed by Māori, the native people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles.
Pre-European Māori music was predominantly sung, but researchers Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns have unearthed a rich tradition of blown, struck and whirled instruments. Types of song included lullabies (oriori), love songs (waitata aroha) and laments (waiata tangi). Some of the smaller wind instruments were also sung into, and the sound of the poi (raupo ball swung on the end of a flax cord) provided a rhythmic accompaniment to waiata poi.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
New Zealand - Mount Ngauruhoe
This postcard features a sign for a kiwi.
2010
New Zealand - North and South Island
North Island
South Island
showing the locations for:
Cape Reinga
Auckland Hamilton
Tauranga
Napier
Nelson
Wellington
Christchurch
Aoraki/Mt. Cook
Queenstown
Dunedin
and
Stewart Island
2010
Friday, October 17, 2014
New Zealand - Wood Map Postcard
North Island and South Island
Population 4,400,000
Land Area: 263,676 Km2
Position: Lat. 40 Lon. 176
2010
Sunday, September 14, 2014
New Zealand - Kia Ora, Maori Warriors with Tongues Sticking Out
Maori Warriors in a traditional challenging stance. Haka is an integral part of formal and official welcome ceremonies for distinguished visitors, serving to impart a sense of importance to the occasion.
2012
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A haka is a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand.
Various actions are used in the course of a performance, including facial contortions such as showing the whites of the eyes and sticking out the tongue. The hands, arms, legs, feet, voice, eyes, tongue and the body as a whole combine to express courage, annoyance, joy or other feelings relevant to the purpose of the occasion.
Monday, July 14, 2014
New Zealand - Tongariro National Park, Volcanoes
Kiwi Vista - Scenic Collection
Tongariro National Park, in the central North Island, encompasses some of the most active volcanoes in New Zealand. Captured during a moment of perfection are Mt Ngauruhoe, in the foreground, and Mt Ruapehu behind.
Photo: Peter Morath
2010
New Zealand - Mt. Ruapehu Eruption
Kiwi Vista - Scenic Collection
While the violence of Mt Ruapehu creates an exciting spectacle, it is hard to imagine that this period of activity is just another phase in its volcanic history, which is thought to have begun almost one million years ago. In the past, lahars (mudflows) from its eruptions have damaged skifield facilities and bridges, and in 1953 were responsible for the collapse of the Tangiwai Rail Bridge, resulting in the death of 151 people.
Photo: Ash Ansley
2010
New Zealand - An Active Volcanic Region
Kiwi Vista - Scenic Collection
An active volcanic region stretches through the centre of New Zealand's North Island. Gasses and steam from the earth's molten interior rise, often spectacularly, to the surface. Here, Mt Ngauruhoe is captured during a particularly active period.
Photo: Geoff Moon
2010
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
New Zealand - Tongariro National Park, Fold Out Postcard
Tongariro National Park cover an area of 800 square kilometres in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is a landscape of diverse natural beauty dominated by three active volcanoes, Mt. Tongariro, Mt Ngauruhoe and Mt Ruapehu (highest peak in the North Island at 2797 metres).
The Park's volcanoes lie along a straight line at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, a great chain of active volcanoes that extends northeast through lakes Tauop and Rotorua all the way to White Island in the Bay of Plenty. All three volcanoes in the Park have erupted in historic times, Mt Ruapehu most recently in 1995.
The mountains are sacred to Maori and were forbiden ground to the early European colonists, but in 1887, in an act of great wisdom, Te Heuheu Tukkino IV, chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, gifted the mountain tops to the nation so that they would be protected for all time. Thus Tongariro National Park was born, the first to be established in New Zealand. In 1991 the Park became a World Heritage Area in recognition of its unique natural and cultural features. Today, large numbers of visitors follow in Maori footsteps as they enjoy the Park's spectacular walkways. During winter and spring many more visitors descend on the area for the excellent skiing at Mt Ruapehu's three skifields.
This is a fold out postcard, when you open it, it has a panoramic view of all thee volcanoes with their heights and all the information I typed above.
Photograpy: G Coates & J Wang.
2010
Monday, April 28, 2014
New Zealand - Queenstown Resort Hotel
Proudly New Zealand owned and operated
150 Luxury Rooms
Lakefront Situation
Speciality Restaurant
Brand New
Opened 1988
Monday, April 7, 2014
New Zealand - Cathedral, Christchurch
on the left is horse and carriages and there are a lot of bicycles throughout the postcard
Kiwi Series - where the stamp goes it reads, 'Penny Stamp for All Places'
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The Anglican cathedral of ChristChurch in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was built in the second half of the 19th century. It is located in the centre of the city, surrounded by Cathedral Square.
The Canterbury Region has experienced many earthquakes over the years, and like many buildings in Christchurch, the cathedral has suffered varying degrees of earthquake damage.
1881
A stone was dislodged from the finial cap, immediately below the terminal cross, by an earthquake in late 1881, within a month of the cathedral's consecration.
1888
Approximately 8 metres of stonework fell as a result of the 1 September 1888 North Canterbury earthquake. The stone spire was replaced.
1901
The top of the spire fell again as a result of the 16 November 1901 Cheviot earthquake. This time, the stone construction was replaced with a more resilient structure of Australian hardwood sheathed with weathered copper sheeting, with an internal mass damper.
2010
The 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake caused some superficial damage, and the cathedral was closed for engineering inspections until 22 September 2010, when it was deemed safe to re-open. Some further damage was sustained in the "Boxing Day Aftershock" on the 26th of December.
2011
The 6.3-magnitude 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 left the cathedral damaged and several surrounding buildings in ruins. The spire that had withstood damage in the September 2010 quake was completely destroyed, leaving only the lower half of the tower standing. While the walls and roof of the cathedral itself remained mostly intact, the gable of the west front sustained damage, and the roof over the western section of the north aisle, nearest the tower, collapsed.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
New Zealand - They Are a Friendly Lot - Puzzle Postcard
They're a friendly lot in
New Zealand
puzzle postcard featuring a Kiwi and a Sheep
Thursday, November 15, 2012
New Zealand - Cathedral Cove, Coromandel Peninsula
Cathedral Cove
Coromandel Peninsula
Near the towns of Hahei and Whitianga, this spot is very popular. A long steep walk in, but then beautiful sheltered beaches and the large Cathedral Arch you can walk through from one beach to another.
Photography and Design: Bob Beresford
2012
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