Lupin-Spotting in New Zealand

For about 4-5 weeks at the end of each year, the center of New Zealand’s South Island bursts into color — purples and pinks and blues and yellows sprout up along lake sides and in riverbeds in Mackenzie Country, making the already-stunning views even more incredible. The story goes that the wife of a local farmer decided the drab center of New Zealand’s South Island could use some color.