Sperm Whales Kaikoura, NZ.
The blast of the harpoon may have given way to the click of the camera, but whales are still the cornerstone of commerce—and the subject of many a decorative mural—in the north Canterbury town of Kaikoura. In little more than a decade, marine ecotourism has transformed a coastal backwater into an international travel hotspot. Kia kaha is a Māori phrase used by the people of New Zealand as an affirmation, meaning stay strong. The town was hit with an earthquake of Magnitude: 7.8 in 2016. Original public domain image from Flickr