New Zealand is a place that is so jaw-droppingly beautiful it borders on the mythical at times — no wonder many of its attractions served as the backdrop to "The Lord of the Rings," including the ...

Between the towns of Moeraki and Hampden on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand, the Moeraki Boulders are some of the world’s most extraordinary natural curiosities. These giant stone spheres have ...

On a beach in southern New Zealand, a creature thousands of miles from home made a rare stop. Irene Wright McClatchy News The large mass of land and ice on the southern tip of the planet is ruled by ...