Nothing like clearing your mind while wandering through the forest 🌲​ It's been shown that spending time in nature can evoke feelings of peace, tranquillity, renewal and inspiration. How do you feel when walking through the forest?​ #NewZealand 📷: @pabloorioos

Winding its way along the edge of Fiordland National Park is the wide, flowing waters of the Waiau River. Did you know this river doubled as the fictional River Anduin at the end of the first The Lord of the Rings film, The Fellowship of the Ring? #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ 📷: @williampatino_photography

Take only photos, leave only footprints 👣​ There are so many beautiful walks in Tongariro National Park, have you walked one of the tracks there? ​ 📷: @dawninnewzealand #DoSomethingNewNZ #NZMustDo​

A special tree, throughout the seasons 🌳​ #ifykyk #thatwanakatree #NewZealand 📷: @gsubovsky @myinsidetravel @brettwoodphotoart @leecook_images

What is this Tawaki (Fiordland Crested Penguin) up to? Comment your best caption 👇 ​ ​ 📷: @allancronin_wildlife #NewZealand #Penguin​

A show in the night sky ✨​ A burst from the sun and clear skies meant people from Southland to Christchurch were treated to this beautiful Aurora Australis last night 🌌 ​ ​ Have you ever seen an Aurora? ​ ​ 📷IG: @ehjosef #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ

This breathtaking 245-metre cliffs at Parininihi (the White Cliffs) can only be visited at low tide. However, when it’s accessible, you can follow these cliffs down the west coast of the North Island 🌊​ Have you been here?​ ​ #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ 📷: @tommy_tvrdy

The perfect peak of Mount Taranaki 🗻​ According to Māori legend, there's a love story behind this picturesque mountain. Taranaki once lived with the other volcanoes of the North Island's Central Plateau - Tongariro, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. When he made romantic advances towards a beautiful mountain named Pihanga, Tongariro erupted in jealousy. Banished to the west, Taranaki was maddened with grief. When his peak is shrouded in mist and rain, he is said to be weeping for his lost love.​ #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ 📷: @lizziehouse

Deep in the hills of the North Island lies a less travelled path of New Zealand, the Forgotten World Highway. Following this 150km road will take you through eerie rail tunnels, gushing waterfalls and dense forest. There’s even spooky ghost towns like Tangarakau. Nearly 1200 people lived here on the frontier in the late 1800s while the Stratford-Ōkaukura railway was being built. Once it opened, it became a ghost town overnight and remains so today 👻 📷: @stsystem @rickysitu_ @adventure_torque @davies.milly @nz_land_rover_adventures #Halloween #SpookySeason #NewZealand

The moon sets as the sun rises at Cathedral Cove, known in Māori as Te Whanganui-A-Hei. Did you know the rock you can see through the arch has a name too? Te Hoho rock is made of limestone and said to resemble the prow of a ship approaching the beach 🚢​ 📷: @laurie_winter #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ

This is the perfect place to search for one of the world's rarest daisies, which grows on the crumbled limestone cliffs. 🌼🌅Can you guess #WhereInNZ this is?​ #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ 📷: @nick.f_nz

Golden hour at the black sand beach 🌅 ✨ Did you know that Lion Rock is all that’s left of a volcano that erupted over 15 million years ago? #NZMustDo #DoSomethingNewNZ 📷: @farawayfromnj