Last month brought warmer-than-average temperatures to most of the country, marking it as New Zealand’s 10th-warmest May on record, according to NIWA’s latest climate summary for May 2025.

There has been relief for Taupō residents as the Tauranga-Taupō River river reached its peak and the risk of evacuations subsides. Civil Defence has been ...

Two southerly waves this week set up the South Island of New Zealand for a healthy early-season base. The first, warmer pulse Wednesday night (June 4, 2025) lays dense “glue” over Canterbury and the ...

Over the past year, Detroit Free Press columnist John Carlisle and photojournalist Ryan Garza have immersed themselves in Hamtramck, a town of about 2 square miles, that sits like an island in the ...

In the current era of “great uncertainty”, New Zealand has started working “more closely” with India in the fields of defence and security, said Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister and ...

Here are six of the best road trips to plan in New Zealand. South Island. 1. Christchurch to Fox Glacier via Greymouth and Punakaiki Best for: glaciers.

He begun the latest challenge at Stirling Point in Bluff - the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island - and ran northbound to the finish line in Cape Rēinga, in Northland.

Signed by the Broncos from the South Island of New Zealand, ... Photos by Stephen Archer. Nate Berrigan. Another ace who missed too many 2024 Langer games to mention, Berrigan is back, baby.

Signed by the Broncos from the South Island of New Zealand, ... Photos by Stephen Archer. Nate Berrigan. Another ace who missed too many 2024 Langer games to mention, Berrigan is back, baby.

While the idea of baby humpback whales being born this far south may sound new, McPhee-Frew thinks it might be an old habit we’re only now seeing again. She explored 19th-century whaling logs and old ...

New Zealand is made up of hundreds of islands, but the two largest are the North Island and the South Island. Of the pair, the North Island offers the greater concentration of must-play golf.

South America gets all the rap for skiing in the Southern Hemisphere, but New Zealand has a vibrant ski scene and some of the best ski areas around. You can stay on the South Island in New Zealand's ...