HAWKES BAY, New Zealand — It should have been an easy chip shot, five yards to a big putting green with the Pacific Ocean right behind and the sun casting a golden glow over my left shoulder.

Hawke’s Bay rarely figures into the standard tourist circuit, but oenophiles have long known about New Zealand’s oldest wine region, currently home to 70 wineries. The nation’s “fruit bowl ...

Ten days after former Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, the number of people missing in the Hawke's Bay region is down to single figures, search and rescue officials say. The death toll from the ...