10 "Great Walks" of New Zealand: Beaches, Forest, ... winding through tussocks and palm forests to the wild west coast. Length: 49 miles one way Duration: Four to six days Open: All year.

After gold was discovered in the rivers of the West Coast in 1864, this remote part of New Zealand was suddenly not so sleepy as 30,000 optimists and gamblers crossed the Alps to try their luck in ...

The world’s rarest rainforest penguins have arrived in Fiordland and the West Coast of New Zealand after an epic cross-ocean ... Tawaki forest penguins arrive back in New Zealand after 2000km swim.

Hokitika sits on the course of the West Coast Wilderness Trail, a 139-kilometre cycle path between Greymouth and Ross that is one of the most naturally beautiful of the 22 routes on the New ...