Explore. Abel Tasman National Park may be New Zealand’s smallest (87 square miles), but it’s one of the most popular. Fringing the coastline, it offers an explosion of color—gold sand, jade ...

Visit the best New Zealand beaches in both the North Island ... This golden strip of sand fringed by turquoise waters is part of the popular Abel Tasman National Park on Tasman Bay (also known ...

Some parts of the route can only be traversed at low tide. Credit: daboost / depositphotos.com Abel Tasman National Park is named after Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 became the ...

Port Nelson, positioned at the top of New Zealand’s South Island at the head of Tasman Bay, has taken delivery of a Damen ASD Tug 2310. Named TōIA, which is Maori for ‘to pull’, she is the ...

Not every Great Walk involves summiting passes — one of New Zealand’s star trails is the 37-mile Abel Tasman Coast Track, whose gentle paths always lead back to coastal viewpoints and beaches ...

27 February 2008 . Ocean floor cleaned as part of Tasman Bay biosecurity operation. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) is arranging to dredge an area of seabed in Tasman Bay early next week to ...

Tucked away in Tasman Bay on New Zealand’s South Island sits a cosy, self-contained cottage shaped just like a boot. The project is the brainchild of married couple Steve, 55, and Judy Richards ...