New Zealand’s best views – the South Island

December 2013

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December 2013

Tarn on Yanks Hill with Faerie Queene in the Spenser Mountains rearing up behind it. Photo: Geoff Spearpoint
We live in a country filled with best views, piled one on another. Every time you need a break in the hills there is a best view somewhere. There’s no golden rule as to what makes a view stunning – often it is the magic of the light, the season, how open our eyes are […]
Alistair Hall

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