New Zealand is famous for its geothermal wonders, presenting a surreal landscape of boiling mud pools, steaming vents, and ...

As a New Zealander now living in Europe, I had remembered the high points of Tauranga as being primarily the sun and surf. Returning home for February and March this year, I have enjoyed both of these ...

An often forgotten city that is built around gigantic sinkholes and dormant volcanoes is a hidden gem that remains largely ... who had given me the keys to my new home for the next two nights.

"There's a pretty cool private island not far from home. We call it the Fiji of New Zealand," messaged Rosie, the youngest of us six cousins. "I'll see if I can book it." ...

The first thing we notice, aboard a yacht in the Bay of Islands, is the vast sky. It has an outback quality to it, deep and seemingly infinite above the dark-blue Pacific Ocean.