Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/2007
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[edit] Weeks in 2007
- Week 1
Backdropped by a colourful Earth, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity as construction resumes on the International Space Station. The landmasses depicted are the South Island (left) and North Island (right) of New Zealand.
- Week 2
Picton is a town in the Marlborough region of New Zealand It is near the head of Queen Charlotte Sound near the north-east corner of the South Island. Inter-island ferries to and from Wellington arrive and depart here by way of the Marlborough Sounds.
- Week 3
The New Zealand Parliamentary Buildings consist of Bowen House, the Beehive, Parliament House (partially shown) and the Parliamentary Library (not shown). The complex is located at the northern end of Lambton Quay in Wellington. The Library is the oldest building, having survived a fire in 1907. Parliament House was never completed (the stairs were meant to represent the halfway point), and instead the Beehive was built on the remaining site. Bowen House was purchased in the 1980's to accommodate rapid growth in staff numbers (it is now privately owned and rented out however).
- Week 4
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. The town is built around an inlet on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin "S"-shaped lake, and has spectactular views of nearby mountains. It is sometimes disparagaingly referred to as "Vegas by the Lake" for a perceived fixation on commerce-oriented tourism, especially adventure and ski tourism. It is popular with young international and New Zealand travellers alike.
- Week 5
The Cathedral Caves are a series of sea caves on the Catlins Coast in New Zealand. They are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area. The two main caves join together within the cliff, and one has a 30 m (100 ft) high ceiling. Access to the caves from the road crosses private land, and attracts a user fee. The caves are only accessible 2 hours either side of low tide.
- Week 6
The New Zealand National War Memorial is located in Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. Dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day in commemoration of the First World War.
- Week 7
Lyttelton is a port town located on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour on Banks Peninsula, 12 km by road from Christchurch. The town is linked to Christchurch by railway and road tunnels through the Port Hills. At 1900 m long, the Lyttelton Road Tunnel (opened in 1964) is the country's longest road tunnel, and the railway tunnel is the country's oldest, dating from 1867.
- Week 8
Muriwai - also called Muriwai Beach - is a coastal community approximately 17km West of Kumeu, 42 kilometres Northwest of Auckland city, at the southern end of an unbroken 50 kilometre stretch of beach which extends up the Tasman Sea coast to the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. It is unique because of its black sand, caused by the iron content derived from the ancient volcanoes in the area.
- Week 9
Port Chalmers is the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Technically a suburb since local body reorganisation in the 1980s, it is still regarded by people throughout Dunedin as a separate town. It has a population of 3,000. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast from Dunedin's city centre.
- Week 10
Port Chalmers is the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Technically a suburb since local body reorganisation in the 1980s, it is still regarded by people throughout Dunedin as a separate town. It has a population of 3,000. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast from Dunedin's city centre.
- Week 11
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 11, 2007
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- Week 12
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 12, 2007
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- Week 13
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 13, 2007
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- Week 14
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 14, 2007
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- Week 15
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 15, 2007
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- Week 16
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 16, 2007
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- Week 17
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 17, 2007
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- Week 18
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 18, 2007
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- Week 19
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 19, 2007
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- Week 20
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 20, 2007
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- Week 21
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 21, 2007
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- Week 22
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 22, 2007
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- Week 23
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 23, 2007
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- Week 24
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 24, 2007
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- Week 25
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 25, 2007
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- Week 26
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 26, 2007
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- Week 27
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 27, 2007
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- Week 28
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 28, 2007
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- Week 29
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 29, 2007
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- Week 30
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 30, 2007
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- Week 31
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 31, 2007
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- Week 32
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 32, 2007
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- Week 33
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 33, 2007
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- Week 34
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 34, 2007
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- Week 35
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 35, 2007
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- Week 36
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 36, 2007
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- Week 37
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 37, 2007
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- Week 38
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 38, 2007
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- Week 39
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 39, 2007
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- Week 40
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 40, 2007
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- Week 41
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 41, 2007
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- Week 42
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 42, 2007
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- Week 43
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 43, 2007
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- Week 44
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 44, 2007
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- Week 45
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 45, 2007
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- Week 46
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 46, 2007
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- Week 47
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 47, 2007
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- Week 48
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 48, 2007
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- Week 49
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 49, 2007
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- Week 50
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 50, 2007
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- Week 51
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 51, 2007
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- Week 52
Portal:New Zealand/Selected picture/Week 52, 2007
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