Starting from the country’s main gateways, such as Auckland and Christchurch, these road trips offer the best chance to ...

Boasting some of the most varied and rugged landscapes on Earth, New Zealand has long been a source ... spanning the length of the North Island, is perhaps the best way to see a sizeable stretch ...

Finishing with a tranquil cruise around Lake Rotomahana to view ... the largest active volcano in New Zealand and the highest point on North Island with three peaks over 2,700 m high.

Lake Rotorua, which sits at the heart of a dormant volcano and is the setting for one of New Zealand's most famous Māori love stories, has been mapped in detail for the 1st time. New maps have ...

GeoNet says it has detected almost 700 small earthquakes below Lake Taupo It has raised ... devastating a large area of New Zealand's central North Island in a period before human habitation.

Taupō Volcano is a massive caldera (collapsed volcano) located beneath Lake Taupō in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most active and powerful volcanic systems on ...