A rare whale recently died after mysteriously attempting to strand itself on a beach in New Zealand. Locals noticed the ...

Further south on the east coast is Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s second-largest wine region ... What are the best wine regions on the North Island in New Zealand? Hawke’s Bay produces outstanding ...

Residents of the North Island’s East Cape look set for a dousing with up to 120mm or rain forecast to fall across the region during the next 24 hours. “A low to the north of the country directs a ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

Heavy downpours hitting parts of the north won’t ease unusual and widespread summer dryness that has set in across New Zealand, a meteorologist says — and there’s scant sign of much rain relief in ...

Areas planned to be mapped this summer included coastlines in Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, Southland, and Westland.

Big screen stand-in for Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, New Zealand is ... the nation’s main North and South islands, located off the southeast coast of Australia.

Despite its frequent exclusions from world maps, New Zealand is one of the world's most attractive tourist destinations from year to year. With a remarkable combination of soaring mountains ...

In the January 2025 climate summary released today, NIWA said there were cooler-than-average temperatures across much of the ...