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Te Waipounamu is the official Māori name
for New Zealand's South Island, meaning "the place of greenstone".
Named after the (green) Jade-like stones that can be found in this part of the
world.
Te Waipounamu is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites. The site incorporates four national parks: Mount Cook, Fiordland, Mount
Aspiring and Westland. Milford sound is a fjord is Fiordland National Park. Its
highest peak is Mitre Peak with 1,695 metres.
Stamp
Mount Taranaki is an active stratovolcano on
the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. The stamp is part of a set of
5 definitives, issued 2014.
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