On the windswept stretch of Koekohe Beach along New Zealand’s Otago coast, a group of massive, spherical rocks has been ...

The Cook Islands was within the New Zealand borders from 1901. In 1965, it became self governing but in free association with New Zealand. It is a realm country of New Zealand, along with Niue and ...

Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for ...

Tidal information supplied by the UK Hydrographic Office. For more information, please see FAQs. BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external ...

Sir James Clark Ross discovered magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada ... In 1948, it reached Prince Wales Island, and by 2000 it had departed the Canadian shore. "It has typically ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” exemplifies a focus on symbolic gestures rather than addressing significant global challenges.

The North East is set to be battered by strong winds as Storm Éowyn arrives on Friday - and weather maps show just when the gusts will hit us. Gusts of 60-70mph are expected inland, while coastal ...

The heavy rain and easterly gales that battered Northland overnight have now shifted to Coromandel peninsula - with Tai Rāwhiti next in the firing line. The Coromandel Peninsula has an orange rain ...

By the 1940s, magnetic north had moved northwest from its 1831 position by about 250 miles (400 kilometers). In 1948, it reached Prince Wales Island, and by 2000 it had departed Canadian shores.

Open-source data has revealed three types of American RC-135 spy planes were flying near North Korea ahead of ... Newsweek's map showed that a Kadena-based Rivet Joint aircraft, designed for ...

Aucklanders are being warned to secure outdoor furniture and prepare for short-notice harbour bridge lane closures as a slow-moving subtropical low affects the North Island. Meanwhile, Gisborne is ...

Auckland commuters are bracing for the worst of the wild rain to hit during rush hour as the storm gripping the North Island moves on to the region. MetService is advising the heaviest rain is due ...