Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand Jan 28, 2026

Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand

Whanganui National Park showcases one of New Zealand"s most distinctive river landscapes. Established in 1986, the park covers about 286 square miles across the central North Island, with the Whanganui River tracing long, quiet bends through dense forest. Although the river is not officially within the park"s boundaries, it shapes nearly everything around it, including the Whanganui Journey—one of New Zealand"s designated Great Walks.

© Matthew Micah Wright/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 28, 2018Winter scenery near Kuhmo, Finland
Jan 28, 2019Ancient groves in Australia
Jan 28, 2020US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
Jan 28, 2021Avatars of the Wolf Moon
Jan 28, 2022Short-eared owl
Jan 28, 2023The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
Jan 28, 2024Channel Country, Australia
Jan 28, 2025Short-eared owl

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Feb 16, 2021Mardi Gras flower power
Oct 5, 2024World Teachers Day
Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
May 9, 2018Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
Jul 26, 2019The party’s just starting
Sep 27, 2023Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
Feb 18, 2025The Great Blue Hole, Belize
Dec 25, 2023Merry Christmas!
May 11, 2026Great Barrier Reef from above, Queensland, Australia
Feb 26, 2026Grand Canyon National Park anniversary
Apr 12, 2018Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
Mar 4, 20222022 Winter Paralympics
May 2, 2019Making it work—in Norway
Nov 11, 2023Veterans Day
Dec 20, 2025Christmas star lanterns, Germany
Feb 11, 2024Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
Aug 20, 2024Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Oct 20, 2024International Sloth Day
Sep 4, 2020A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
Apr 9, 2026Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales
Jun 2, 2018Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
Oct 11, 2022Tortula moss, Netherlands
Jun 15, 2018Ready for takeoff
Oct 31, 2025Happy Halloween!
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
May 21, 2025International Tea Day
Apr 8, 2018It’s Draw a Bird Day
Aug 17, 2018Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
Mar 9, 2019Let the harvest begin
Oct 16, 2022Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland