or "The Spine of the Fish of the North Island," is one of the most stunning areas of New Zealand. The peninsula has paradisiacal beaches, gold-mining history, and plenty of summer fun. To get to ...

New Zealand’s North Island is a land of geographical contrasts, stretching from the warm, sub-tropical north to the windswept Cook ... Waiheke Island – offer up boutique wineries, stunning beaches and ...

Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been pinpointed, and those found intact on New Zealand's North Island beaches had been buried before DNA testing could verify their identification ...

People feel the wind at the seaside in Auckland, New Zealand, April 17, 2025. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam has ... and the upper South Island, prompting warnings for a wild and wet Easter weekend ...

New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s. Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is heading toward the North Island just two weeks after the area was hit with record flooding.