New Zealand Landscape Photography | NZ Landscape Prints & Photos

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Check out New Zealand at its beautiful best in my landscape photography gallery

I travel far and wide to bring you stunning NZ landscape photography from locations around the country. As a NZ landscape photographer, patience is key to finding the right moment to capture an image - sometimes I have to visit a location multiple times to get 'the shot' and other times I just turn up at the right time.

And if you ask me why do I take photos at all? Ultimately I capture images to be able to share my great love of New Zealand with you, and to inspire you to travel and pick up your camera too!

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Waikato Landscape Photography

Waikato Landscape Photography

The Mighty Waikato. Think rolling farmland, misty mornings and world-famous gardens, not to mention the home of Middle-earth. One of the things I love most about the Waikato is how well it portrays every season - sunflowers and lavender in summer, amazing autumn colours, starry Milky Way nights in winter and delicate spring cherry blossom.

Coromandel Landscape Photography

Coromandel Landscape Photography

The Coromandel is one of those places that move you to serious wonder as to how so many amazing locations can be contained in one little peninsula. With spots like Cathedral Cove, New Chums Beach, Castle Rock, and Hot Water Beach all vying for top honours in the best spot in the area, it’s a hard decision to know where to begin.

Rotorua & Tauranga Landscape Photography

Rotorua & Tauranga Landscape Photography

Rotorua is a go-to photography location as it's relatively close for me. It has a huge variety of photographic opportunities within a small area from lakes to thermal waterfalls as well as the impressive Redwood Forest. Adding that, Lake Tarawera has some of the best dark skies for Milky Way photography in NZ, and it's a winning combination.

Northland & Auckland Landscape Photography

Northland & Auckland Landscape Photography

Northland might seem to just be an extension of Auckland, but many people don't realise there's miles and miles of amazing beaches, not to mention some incredible waterfalls and ancient kauri forests to be found in the Far North. And the warm climate here makes it a great option to explore out of the busy summer months too.

Taranaki Landscape Photography

Taranaki Landscape Photography

Taranaki - the place is like no other is my second home with both sides of my family coming from this region. Mount Taranaki dominates the landscape here and there's also incredible coastal locations with amazing rock structures and offshore islands like Paritutu and Back Beach as well as Tongaporutu (The Three Sisters) and its ever changing coastline further up the coast.

Mount Cook Landscape Photography

Mount Cook Landscape Photography

Aoraki Mount Cook and the surrounding national park is one of NZ's most amazing landscape locations, and one of the best things about capturing NZ's tallest peak Aoraki 'cloud piercer' is that it has so many amazing vantage points from around the park. My favourite views are from Tasman Glacier or Hooker Valley, both of which are hikes within easy reach for travellers.

Lower North Island Landscape Photography

Lower North Island Landscape Photography

Home to the windiest place in NZ, Wellington offers diverse beach and coastal locations as well as city views. Castlepoint in the Wairarapa is one of NZ's most stunning lighthouse, and further north the mountains of Ruapehu & Tongariro offer an amazing mix of mountain scenery and waterfalls. We can't forget the stunning Hawkes Bay for its underrated autumn colours, beaches & waterfalls either!

Tekapo & Twizel Landscape Photography

Tekapo & Twizel Landscape Photography

The Mackenzie Country has some of the biggest bang for buck when it comes to epic high country scenery. The glorious alpine lakes of Tekapo and Pukaki with the backdrop of snow-capped mountains are even more beautifully framed during the lupin season when the whole area comes alive with an array of vibrant colour or during autumn when the whole basin is awash in copper and gold.

Canterbury & Kaikoura Landscape Photography

Canterbury & Kaikoura Landscape Photography

Canterbury is one of NZ's most diverse photography locations, it's not often you can capture both snow capped mountains and the sea in the same shot like you can in Kaikoura. Heading inland, the drive through Arthurs Pass takes you through a variety of landscapes like the amazing rock formations of Castle Hill, and the beautiful Devils Punchbowl Falls. But my favourite place in the whole region is Ashburton Lakes, it's surely NZ's most underrated area for mountain and lake scenery,

Wanaka & Lindis Pass Landscape Photography

Wanaka & Lindis Pass Landscape Photography

Think Wanaka and you immediately think of The Wanaka Tree, but there is so much more to discover than just a tree in a lake. One of my favourite hikes, the Rob Roy Glacier walk is easily accessible from here, and not too far north of Wanaka you'll find amazing alpine scenery in the Lindis Pass and incredible river scene at The Blue Pools. And if you're game enough to hike 1,000 metres up a hill, the view from Roys Peak delivers incredible panoramic mountain views.

West Coast Landscape Photography

West Coast Landscape Photography

The wild West Coast is home to some of NZ's grandest mountain to sea views with the Southern Alps rising in sharp contrast to the low lying coastal views. My favourite location here is at Lake Matheson where on a calm day you can capture the stunning view of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman perfectly reflected in the lake, but travelling the whole of the coast is a must-do to experience its beauty.

Queenstown & Central Otago Landscape Photography

Queenstown & Central Otago Landscape Photography

Queenstown is the adventure capital of New Zealand, but it's not lacking in photographic opportunities for a landscape photographer either. There's scenic bays all along Lake Wakatipu with mountain views towards the Remarkables or Glenorchy, not to mention secret waterfalls and lakes found in hidden valleys. Visiting Arrowtown with its incredible autumn colours is also a must-do!

Fiordland & Milford Sound Landscape Photography

Fiordland & Milford Sound Landscape Photography

Fiordland has by far the biggest wow factor of any NZ landscape, and with incredible changes in weather conditions from one hour to the next. The road to Milford Sound is a jaw dropping drive, and walking the 4-day Milford Track or visiting remote Doubtful Sound on an overnight cruise are both bucket list ticks for a landscape photographer like me wanting to see Fiordland at its majestic best.

Catlins & Dunedin Landscape Photography

Catlins & Dunedin Landscape Photography

Some of the most remote and beautiful NZ landscapes are found in the Catlins. There's numerous lush waterfalls hidden deep in forests as well as my favourite lighthouse in NZ, Nugget Point. Travel further north and you'll find amazing coastal scenes like Tunnel Beach, St Clair Beach and the famous Moeraki Boulders which wouldn't be out of place in a Jurassic World movie.

Nelson Tasman & Marlborough Landscape Photography

Nelson Tasman & Marlborough Landscape Photography

Nelson Tasman & Marlborough cover a huge area of coastline and some amazing NZ landscape photography locations. My favourite spot in the whole region is Wharariki Beach, with the amazing offshore Archway islands that reflect perfectly in the wet West Coast sand on the beach.

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