South Island
Flood-Hit New Zealand Braces For More Rain
Flood-hit regions of New Zealand were warned to expect more wild weather Sunday after a deluge forced evacuations and...
Barrett Back As Hurricanes Weigh Up Brumbies In Super Rugby
All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett's return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT...
Strong Quake Off New Zealand But No Damage
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand Tuesday, officials said, with minor shaking in the South...
Lions Have ‘poked the Bear’, Says Coach Gatland
Warren Gatland says his British and Irish Lions "poked the bear" with their second Test win over the All Blacks and...
Lions’s Lock Jones Warns of All Blacks Backlash
Alun Wyn Jones is bracing for a furious All Blacks backlash when the British and Irish Lions arrive in Auckland for...
French Tourist Attacked By Shark In New Zealand
A French tourist survived a rare shark attack in New Zealand on Thursday, suffering only moderate injuries, rescuers...
French Tourist Attacked By Shark In New Zealand
A French tourist survived a rare shark attack in New Zealand on Thursday, suffering only moderate injuries, rescuers...
Dotcom Urges Kiwi Cops To Go After FBI Chief
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom has launched a bold, though probably doomed, bid to have FBI director James Comey grilled by...
Cyclone Cook: New Zealanders Flee Ahead of Huge Storm
Heavy rain has begun to hit New Zealand’s North Island, ahead of what is being called the worst storm in generations....
New Zealand Battens Down As Big Storm Approaches
New Zealand was bracing Thursday for a storm that meteorologists warned could be the worst for almost 50 years, with...
Homes Destroyed and Residents Evacuated
Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch as a huge wildfire rages on its...
Fears of Exploding Whales As New Zealand Clears Carcasses
The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach...
About 200 Beached Whales Refloat Themselves In N. Zealand
Most of the more than 200 whales who became stranded on New Zealand's notorious Farewell Spit on the weekend have been...
Fresh Whale Stranding On Notorious New Zealand Beach
Another 200 whales were stranded on a New Zealand coastline late Saturday, frustrating rescuers who had battled through...
New Zealand Rescuers Refloat 100 Stranded Whales
Volunteers in New Zealand have managed to refloat about 100 of the 400 pilot whales that swam aground on a remote beach...
New Zealand Hit By Aftershocks After Severe Earthquake
Strong aftershocks have roiled New Zealand following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that killed two people. The South...
Tsunami Hits New Zealand After Quake
A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the...
Powerful Quake Strikes New Zealand South Island
Map showing the magnitude of the earthquake on the island A powerful earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island,...