The Humble Guardian, Waikato Frame:ArtBox Black at the top of the

at the top of the South Island

mixes towering Californian redwoods with a dense native understorey of tree ferns

still mornings draw thick fog across the paddocks

one of the highest points on the South Island's main road network

in the Mackenzie high country on the edge of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

The Humble Guardian, Waikato Frame:ArtBox Black at the top of theA lone tree stands in winter fog on the Waikato farmland near Pirongia, in the central North Island, the still, cold mornings of this dairy country wrapping the ordinary paddocks in mystical fog. Stephen Milner photographed the tree in black and white in medium format, the fog transforming a humble field into something otherworldly. Printed to order at a specialist fine art lab, in two archival finishes: Under Acrylic Glass. The print is face mounted