Aotearoa map sources

Coastline data © Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, CC BY 4.0. NZ Coastline — Mean High Water Springs Polygon, retrieved 21 September 2026. Generalised and projected into a cinematic perspective for display.

Terrain source: NASA Earth Observatory / Blue Marble, via NASA GIBS. Historical satellite-composite imagery, reprojected and artistically coloured for this animation. Not live satellite data.

Ocean artwork and lighting are illustrative. Arrow landings and the spreading light express Bethel NZ’s vision; they are not measurements or claims made by the source organisations. Use of these sources does not imply their endorsement.