Author(s): Niels Schipper

Golf

Like the landscape in New Zealand, the character of our golf courses is impressively diverse. They range form the top resort courses, such as Millbrook in Queenstown, or Kauri Cliffs in the Bay of Islands, to famous parkland courses like Remuera in Auckland and Russley in Christchurch; superb coastal links courses such as Muriwai on Auckland's west coast, Paraparaumu north of Wellington, and Chisholm Park in Dunedin; and a wonderful assortment of smaller country courses, complete with sheep on the fairways and fenced greens. The beauty of therse courses is captures for the first time in Fairway to Heaven. Using magnificent panoramic photography that is perfectly suited to the open sweep of a fairway. Niels Schipper has created a lavish tribute to New Zealand's golf courses. Niels Schipper is a freelance commercial photographer based in Auckland. He had been a professional photographer for 15 years, and has spent much of the last six years travelling the length and breadth of New Zealand focused on gathering phtoos for this book. His favourite work includes editorial, public relations, product and illustration photography First published 2004.