Misty Horizon, Waikato Mahurangi Harbour Its long wall of snow-capped

Its long wall of snow-capped peaks rises above wide tussock flats

between Lake Pukaki and Twizel in the centre of the South Island

walled by sheer granite

a desert plain from which great sandstone buttes rise hundreds of metres into the sky

so its shores stay still and undeveloped

Misty Horizon, Waikato Mahurangi Harbour Its long wall of snow-cappedTrees stand on the far horizon of the Waikato plains near Pirongia, in the central North Island, on a foggy winter morning. This flat dairy country, south west of Hamilton, fills with dense fog when the air is cold and still. Stephen Milner photographed the scene in black and white as a path of light broke through the fog, leading the eye toward the distant silhouettes. Printed to order at a specialist fine art lab, in two archival finishes: Under