The beautiful Horoirangi Marine Reserve lies north of Nelson city, along the eastern side of Tasman Bay.

Enjoy a magical cacophony of sounds from a variety of native birds on the walks on this pest-free island, as...

Wellington poet Amelia Nurse has written about ‘the lake effect’ – the noticeable calming and smoothing of the ripples in...

The east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula has more than its fair share of pretty beaches.

New Plymouth started life as the port servicing the mellow, fertile dairying country surrounding Mount Taranaki.

Lake Tarawera, at the foot of the ruins of Mount Tarawera, is the site of New Zealand’s creepiest ghost story.

As you go south, twilight lengthens.

The great high tussock plains beyond the first range of mountains bordering the Canterbury region are collectively known as the...

The proper Māori name of Mauao – or ‘the Mount’, as most New Zealanders tend to call it these days...

As the probable landing place of the first waka ever to visit New Zealand, Marlborough is the home of the...