The Jacinda effect: New Zealand's best west coast beaches. NZ Herald. 15 Feb, 2018 03:09 AM 3 mins to read. Subscribe to listen. Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.

If you’re picnicking under a tree or splashing about in the shallows with the little ones – especially at an east coast beach – thank the hard-hat and hi-vis heroes who made Summer 2024 happen.

With rugged coastlines, black sand beaches, rainforests, glaciers and rivers running down from the high Southern Alps, the wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island is one of the country’s most ...

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 ...