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New Zealand is not as far as the distance and the travelling costs it portends. Her natural beauty compensates the traveller with amazing walks on bridges that hang above colourful lakes and warm springs; you experience endless beaches where the rainbow seems to end; you also get to see playing whales accompanying speedy boats on trips.
There are cities, which are basically green, and also post-modern cities such as Auckland and Wellington and in addition artistic cities like Napier.

New Zealanders are very sensitive about environmental matters since the 70’s. They did not permit nuclear tests within their sea space and the natives (Maori) managed to keep their family tree (wakapapa) intact and protected their language and culture.
All the above makes for an unforgettable trip to the other side of the earth, that the Maori call “the land of the white cloud” (Aotearoa).
Text & Photographs: &copy Maro Kouri

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MKR_003310971 East coast, Ruatoria maori most habbited town.Tuparoa Bay with rainbow Man with ski board. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_009611023 East coast. Ruatoria, the most Maori habbited city. Men can make the 'moku' tattoo at all face, and at their posteriors. Maori women can make it on their chin and forehead. Maori people can read at the 'moku' the past and the 'hapu' (family-tree) of the person who carries the tattoo. John Heeney is a rasta-fari maori. He builds ecol- houses from subsoil+barley straw+ water. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_002710965 East coast. Hikurangi mountain, sacred for the Maori. War dance 'haka' on rehearsal for a ceremony. Maori used to dance before the fight in order to terrify their enemy. Oblax, the famous rubgy team, dance 'haka' before the game starts. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_005010986 East Coast, on the sacred mountain Hikurangi, maori people say 'hallo', nose to nose. A day before the Millenium. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_010311029 Ruatoria, mountain Hingurangi. maori 'moku' tattoo artist draw a fake moku at a girl's chin, for the preperation of the 'haka' (war dance) show. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_002810966 East coast. Hikurangi mountain, sacred for the Maori. The flag of Maori Nation symbol of Maori people liberation. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_008911017 Ruatoria. Maori dance the 'haka' (war dance). Maori used to dance before the fight in order to terrify their enemy. Oblax, the famous rubgy team, dance 'haka' before the game starts. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_003910977 East coast. Hikurangi mountain, sacred for the Maori. War dance 'haka' on rehearsal for a ceremony in front of the carvings of the traditional guardians. Maori used to dance before the fight in order to terrify their enemy. Oblax, the famous rubgy team, dance 'haka' before the game starts. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_006911000 East Coast Ruatoria, the most maori habitted town. Doma Rangitaria Moses is the Maor's woman name, written on her 'moku' tattoo. It means Alpha Morning Star Omega (taken from the Bible: revelation 2:28 "and I will give him the morning star"). She lives with the rasta-fari Hohn Heeney and their three children. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_010811032 Kaikura. Modern marae (maori temple) carved by Taara Bradshan. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_002910967 East coast. Hikurangi mountain, sacred for the Maori. Couple in love waches the war dance 'haka' on rehearsal for a ceremony. Maori used to dance before the fight in order to terrify their enemy. Oblax, the famous rubgy team, dance 'haka' before the game starts. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group *** Local Caption *** New Zealand is a land of awesome beauty and truly remarkable contrasts. New Zealand’s awesome landscapes, lush forests, amazing wildlife and pleasant climate make it a haven for many outdoor activities, and a great place to unwind. Thousands of years ago, long before Columbus and Cortez, tribal people were expertly navigating the great oceans of the world in double-hulled canoes. They were deeply spiritual people whose voyages were undertaken on the wings of karakia, or prayers, and their maps were the stars and celestial bodies. Today they are called the Maori, and they live in New Zealand. Although they are integrated into the rest of the country, they have a distinctive cultural heritage that is so rich and complex that its origins are not even completely clear to the Maori themselves. © Maro Kouri MKR_014811064 Wellington. Maori land carvings-the guardians of nature. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_014511061 Wellington's pub New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_001910959 Auckland City of Sails, a water taxi and the 328m NZ highest structure Skytower, part of Harrar's complex (restaurants, bars, casino). New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_000710947 Auckland BMX extreme sport. Show on the street. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_017911095 North island, 90 miles beach. Sand-safari stop to play. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_000510945 Auckland, street performers New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_003210970 East cape. Ruatoria maori most habbited town. Little fisherman. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_001810958 Auckland view from the Skytower (328m). New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_016211078 East Cape bay, Ruatoria, North Island. Duck in the sunset. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_012111034 Napier,the coastal town, represents the most complete and significant group of Art Deco buildings in the world. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_007111002 East Coast Ruatoria, the most maori habitted town. Doma Rangitaria Moses is the Maor's woman name, written on her 'moku' tattoo. It means Alpha Morning Star Omega (taken from the Bible: revelation 2:28 "and I will give him the morning star"). She lives with the rasta-fari Hohn Heeney and their three children, Amnesty, Rangitiaria and the smallest Anahera (byblic name for 'angel'). New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_007511005 East Coast. Ruatoria, the most Maori habbited town. Tikitiki. When they eat the urchin's inside, they keep its shell to use it for organic fertilize as also the sea weeds. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_004710984 Ruatoria, the most habbited from Maori town. Rob Maro makes maori carvings. Maori use only woods from dead trees and stones, bones from dead animals or fishes that they find them in the forests or at the beaches. They do not kill. Maori face expression from war fight 'haka', which maori warriors use to dance before the fight, to terrify the enemy. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_001310953 Tiki Tiki is the little Guardian for lucky New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_001710957 Aucland architecture contrast skytower and church. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_018011096 Rotorua. Kairau volcanic Park. Crater lake and pools of boiling mud. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_011211035 East Coast, Anaora Bay. Tree house. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_012611045 Napier. Maori woman plays billiard. 'Premature' sign on the wall. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_014211059 Napier. Old man in a bar wears a strange hat made by himself. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_016811084 Rotorua. Te Whakarewarewa thermal reserve. Spectacular geyser 'Pohutu' (in maori means 'explosion'), which spurts hot water about 20 m into the air, for about 10 minutes. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_015911075 South island. Rotorua. Kairau volcanic Park. Lake of boiling mud. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_011511036 Auckland. Maori Gypsy Feast & Handicraft Bazaar. The organisers travel, live and work in their vans, so the self-called "gypsies". 'Peace-fighter' is the name of the leather-artist who stands at his van's door. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_017311089 Kaikura. Whale -Watching tour in boats equipped with hydrophones (underwater microphones) to pick up the sounds and the heart-beat of whales. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri MKR_017211088 The Far North. 90 miles beach. On a sand-safari. New Zealand, Australasia ©Maro Kouri/IML Image Group © Maro Kouri
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