Deep in New Zealand’s bush is “The Vanishing Place,” a place so hidden that few people can escape from it and practically no ...

Winding through the Southern Alps in New Zealand, the TranzAlpine is lauded as one of the world’s greatest rail journeys, but few know that its well-worn tracks also trace the path of an ancestral ...

THE active steps taken by the New Zealand Government to preserve the original scenery of the Dominion are noted in the report on scenery preservation for the year ending March 1934. During the year, ...

The Kinloch Wilderness Retreat sits on the edge of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. The retreat has three rentable tiny homes with stunning views of New Zealand scenery. I spent a night in one of the ...

For more than half a century, filmmakers who considered turning J.R.R. Tolkien's books into movies faced two challenges: how to cast and costume thousands of orcs, ents, elves and dwarves, and where ...

This photo taken on June 29, 2025 shows the winter scenery in North Island, New Zealand. (Photo by Wu Jiaxiang/Xinhua) This photo taken on July 5, 2025 shows the winter scenery in North Island, New ...

Set atop a knoll, this large rural residence presides over dramatic views of multiple mountain ranges and the Shotover River—other-worldly New Zealand landscapes depicted in “The Lord of the Rings.” ...

This photo taken on Oct. 2, 2025 shows the scenery of Lake Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand. (Xinhua/Long Lei) This photo taken on Oct. 2, 2025 shows the scenery of Lake Wanaka on the South ...

THE preservation of natural scenery by the institution of reserves is an active policy of the New Zealand Government. The report on scenery preservation of the year ending March 31, 1931, records ...