New Zealand - Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and Canaan karst system

"Kahurangi National Park (452,889 ha) occupies the north-west corner of Nelson at the northern end of the South Island. Farewell Spit Nature Reserve (11,423 ha) extends out from the park's northernmost point near Cape Farewell, as an arc around the northern side of Golden Bay. The geodiversity of Kahurangi National Park is the most complex in any of New Zealand's large protected areas. The diversity of rock types, soils, topography and climates throughout Kahurangi has produced a remarkable array of terrestrial, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. These range from alpine screes, cirque tarns, alpine bogs, and fellfield, down through snow tussock grasslands and subalpine shrublands, to montane rainforests (beech) and, at the lowest altitudes, humid coastal rainforest (podocarps, rata and nikau palms), dunelands, estuaries and swamps." Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Nikau Palms, New Zealand's native palm, located in the beautiful native bush of the Kahurangi National Park. Thanks to Adrienne of New Zealand.