Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, is an active stratovolcano on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. A change in vegetation is sharply delineated between the protected national forest that encircles the volcano and the surrounding land comprised of intensively-farmed dairy pastures. This week, New Zealand announced it is now part of a small group of countries that have declared themselves free of COVID-19, and is believed to be the first to do so among nations that had more than 1,000 cases.