Distinctive layered limestone formations rise sharply above the Tasman Sea at Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki, their stacked textures shaped by millions of years of erosion. Dark, finely banded rock contrasts with hardy coastal plants clinging to the cliff edges, while ocean swells churn below under brooding West Coast skies.

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