Aotea Pins and Buttons

A path through the NZ native bush walk on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A view of the Pacific Ocean through a frame of green trees on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sunset at Mulberry Grove Store with silhouetted twisted Pohutukawa trees and a cloudy sky at Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A colourful sunset with streaky clouds, light and dark sand and boats at Mulberry Grove Beach, Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A boat is silhouetted on the horizon with a brilliant orange and red cloudy sky at Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A piece of seaweed on the light sandy beach with white foamy sea.

The Mulberry Grove foreshore with the stony beach, sand and blue water with green hills beyond.

White sandy beach, blue surf, distant green hills and a brilliant blue sky at Medlands Beach, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

White sandy beach, white water surf, brilliant blue sky and distant hills at Medlands Beach, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A path through the native bush walk to the Hot Springs, lined with native trees, on Great barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

The sun goes down across the sea and behind the silhouetted pohutukawa trees at Mulberry Grove Beach, Tryphena, great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, auckland, New Zealand.

A spectacular orange and red sunset with swirling clouds and silhouetted pohutukawa trees on rocky outcrops at Mulberry Grove Beach, Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

Very old gnarly pohutukawa trees with solid trunks and twisted branches against a brilliant blue sky at Mulberry Grove Beach, on Great barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A sticky piece of driftwood in the shallows of an estuary throws a shadow.

A piece of driftwood in the shallows of the estuary throws a shadow.

A piece of driftwood in the shallows of the estuary throws a shadow.

Light, sandy beach, white surf and distant hills at Medlands Beach, Oruawharo Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A piece of gold seaweed on the light sandy beach with white foamy sea approaching.

A path through the native trees, tree ferns and bush on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

Twisted trunks of very old Pohthkawa trees, at sunset are silhouetted against the colorful sky at Mulberry Grove Beach, Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

A large piece of gold seaweed on light sandy beach with white foamy sea.

Tall green, lush, Nikau Palms and punga, tree ferns on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

Through the manuka trees, with brown, twisted, tall branches and low green plants beneath.

Tall, grey manuka trees line a path through the forest grove on Great Barrier Island, Aotea, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.