1. + New Zealand Natural History Tourguiding.wordpress.com New Zealand Natural History Part 2 Flora and Fauna

5. The Alpine Zone Ice covered mountains Glaciers Wide open valleys Braided rivers

6. Aoraki Mount Cook

7. Mountains & Alpine Valleys Tussock grasses grow here

8. 600 species of Alpine Plants 93 % found only in New Zealand

9. Mount Cook Buttercup the world’s largest buttercup

10. Daisies and Spaniards specially adapted for survival

11. Miniature brooms

12. More buttercups, daisies and bristly carrots

13. Flightless Takahe lives in Alpine tussock (One known population left in the wild)

14. Kea - Worlds only Alpine Parrot (only in the South Island of New Zealand)

15. Invertebrates – food for birds

16. The Temperate Forests

18. Beech Forests http://www.flickr.com/photos/33495997@N00/402696291/sizes/m/ Sliver Red Mountain Black

20. Karearea - New Zealand Falcon

21. NZ Robin and giant native worm

22. Tieke - Saddleback

23. Kereru – New Zealand Wood Pigeon

24. Rare Flightless Parrot Kakapo 86 (+ about 5 new babies this year) left in the world

25. Harakeke – New Zealand Flax an amazing resource

27. The Subtropical Forest

28. Dense lush warm forest full of diversity

29. Ancient Ferns – from 100million years ago 200 species, 40 endemic to New Zealand

30. More ferns, orchids & mosses Koru

31. Nikau Palm New Zealand’s only true Palm species

32. Kauri - Tane Mahuta our biggest tree http://www.flickr.com/photos/sassygagliardi/440514174/sizes/m /

33. The Coastal Zone Sand Dunes Estuaries Salt Marshes Headlands

34. Cormorants on a West Coast Beach

35. Coastal Flowering Hebe