The name New Zealand comes from colonial times when cartographers from the Netherlands named it after its Zeeland province. However, Aotearoa is not without controversy, since it is believed that ...

The New Zealand Under 19 (NZU19) team has opened their four-match tour of South Africa with an 86-0 rout of Western Province Under 19 at Paul Roos Stadium in Stellenbosch. NZU19 scored 14 tries in a ...

A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist ... was attacked after it landed in the remote mountainous province of Nduga. His abductors, the West Papua National Liberation Army ...

Wild weather during New Zealand’s peak summer holiday period has disrupted travel for thousands of passengers on ferries that cross the sea between the country’s main islands.

The whale was found near an estuary in Otago province A whale that was found dead on a beach in New Zealand earlier this month has been identified by scientists as a spade-toothed whale - a ...