As a dual citizen of New Zealand, I can say there are countless reasons to book a flight to the beautiful Aotearoa ("land of the long white cloud, in Māori), but pocketing gold on the beach may ...

Spot seals playing on the shore and rocks, go horseback riding ... is one of the most stunning areas of New Zealand. The peninsula has paradisiacal beaches, gold-mining history, and plenty ...

It was embedded in a rock he found on a beach in North Taranaki, New Zealand. After noting that the claw was a fossil and that it was very large, he contacted van Bakel, who several years later ...

It just so happens that on some of New Zealand’s South Island beaches, there are many minerals to be found littered among the "black sand," as it’s known colloquially. These tiny flecks are ...

On a beach in southern New Zealand, a creature thousands of miles from home made a rare stop. Irene Wright McClatchy News The large mass of land and ice on the southern tip of the planet is ruled ...

If you're a wine lover, as you're putting together your itinerary for your trip to New Zealand — whether for ... (and fantastically uncrowded) beaches with opportunities for snorkeling, swimming ...

The Abel Tasman is New Zealand’s most popular walk. With its temperate climate, strangely sculpted boulder formations, jade-colored ocean, and golden beaches, it’s easy to understand why.