The ultimate 9-day escape exploring picturesque beaches, snorkeling with sharks, and eating at island food trucks.

I didn’t expect to be landing on a glacier, using a shotgun or enduring a teeth-rattling jet boat ride up a shallow river on ...

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What are those dark spots in the water and why are lifeguards so concerned about them? All you need to know about bait balls ...

A match lit six weeks ago in Ōpunakē has ignited fires the length of the North Island with seabed mining opponents taking to ...

The first few tentative steps atop the white snowy caps of New Zealand’s Southern Alps are not what I expected.

Eventually, new beaches formed, like Pohoiki, a black sand beach that stretches for 1,000 feet on Hawaii's Big Island. ... which is more dense than plastic but less dense than sand, ...

Which beaches are not to miss in Auckland? The beauty of a New Zealand beach is finding an empty spot along the long shorelines. Piha, which is outside Auckland and has black sand, is wild and real.

It just so happens that on some of New Zealand’s South Island beaches, there are many minerals to be found littered among the "black sand," as it’s known colloquially.

Step aside, golden beaches – New Zealand has stretches of sand sparkling with real gold. And with this, scientists have been able to assemble the world's first atlas of highly detailed beach ...

Here, find Vogue’s guide to the very best places in New Zealand to drink the country’s world-class wines. Skip to main content. Search. ... and out onto a black sand beach.