In addition to the North Island’s major wine regions detailed above is Waikato, bounded by Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty on the east, Hawke's Bay on the southeast, ... How many wineries are ...

New Zealand's whiskey industry may still be young, but it’s thriving. Fueled by the country's agricultural and natural ...

New Zealand declared a National State of Emergency on Tuesday for the third time in its history as Cyclone Gabrielle pounded the North Island with wind and rain, knocking out power to tens of ...

Get stop-by-stop directions for a driving tour of New Zealand’s North Island from National Geographic's Ultimate Road Trips. Get into the adventure with some of the most varied and rugged ...

New Zealand places to visit: North Island or South Island? Depends what you're after. By David Whitley. Updated April 13, 2023 — 10.04am first published November 30, 2021 — 8.50pm.

Tornadoes continued to plague New Zealand with one hitting north of the country's capital city of Wellington early on Tuesday, lifting roofs off houses and leaving one person injured, and a second ...

Several schools in New Zealand’s North Island have gone into lockdown or evacuated after threats were made, police have confirmed. The threats were made to schools in the Gisborne, Waikato and ...

Cyclone Gabrielle has started to track away from New Zealand after leaving a trail of destruction across large parts of the nation’s North Island. Some 225,000 homes are without electricity, at ...

In Hawke’s Bay, cows swam for their lives. In Northland, unremitting winds toppled electricity poles like matchsticks. And throughout New Zealand’s sodden North Island, people who had lost ...

This isolated island nation is known for its unique and powerful expressions of sauvignon blanc and pinot noir, its world-class wineries, and its rugged and strikingly beautiful landscapes. New ...