"Piha Beach, a serene 45-minute drive from Auckland, is one of the city’s most beautiful spots. The dramatic black sand and ...

New Zealand’s South Island is home to many treasures. Some vast, like Milford Sound, some small, like the blue mushroom to be found there, and some treasures that are literal gold, albeit very ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swathes of New Zealand were under severe weather warnings Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of emergency for ...

A live yellow-bellied sea snake has been found in the sand dunes at the southern end of Ōmaha Beach, north of Auckland, ...

Mautohe Cathedral Cove has once again been named on the annual list of the best beaches in the world, coming in at number 45.

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 ...