West coast of the North Island, Taranaki and Wanganui

Cropped NASA photo taken from the Soviet/Russian Mir space station.
You can see where the Whangnui River flows out to sea and also the snow on Taranaki's peak. (Aka Mt Egmont)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-79/hires/s79e5065.jpg