ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND — As I tumbled down the mountainside in a gigantic beach ball filled with water, feeling somewhat like I was in a washing machine, it occurred to me that there had to be a ...

Visit the best New Zealand beaches in both the North Island and South Island to discover beautiful coves, hot springs, fantastic rock arches, and seal colonies.

Archaeologists in New Zealand are exploring an early Maori site on Moturua island in the Bay of Islands that they think may have been home to some of the first Polynesian settlers in New Zealand ...

This Man Has Helped Give 460 Dead Whales a Second Life—As Art. Hori Parata handles dead whales on New Zealand beaches the Maori way: He extracts the bones so they can be carved into jewelry or art.