Girl in yellow jacket standing on the Roy's Peak lookout with views out to Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps.

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Aerial view of Queenstown New Zealand surrounded by a large blue lake and mountains

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A photo of the Milford Sound and towering Mitre Peak taken from the pebble shoreline on a cloudless day.

MILFORD SOUND

A hill behind the main historic street in Arrowtown blanketed in orange, yellow and green fall foliage on a clear day.

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