Christmas, for much of the world population, is synonymous with winter chills, snowfall, fireplace and warm woollen sweaters.

Often called the New Zealand Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa reflects a distinctly local way of celebrating the festive season ...

Mitch Hay scored 61 in his first test innings Thursday to help New Zealand to a 73-run first-innings lead over the West ...

If you have a boat, Urupukapuka Island and Motuihi Island are very popular for their rugged beauty and at Motuihi, you can ...

New Zealand have eked out a 73-run first innings lead in the 2nd Test vs West Indies thanks to fifties by Devon Conway and ...

Photo / Karen Pegrume Most New Zealanders know pōhutukawa for its crimson Christmas display, but the native tree blooms in other colours too. Photos of yellow-flowering pōhutukawa online have drawn ...

Mitch Hay impressed on his test debut with a 61, guiding New Zealand to a 73-run first-innings lead over the West Indies. New ...

Mitch Hay's composed 61 on debut helped New Zealand post 278 in reply to West Indies' 205, before late wickets left the ...

Holidaymakers travelling with Air New Zealand in the lead-up to Christmas could find themselves caught out by cabin-crew strikes, despite Monday's planned industrial action being called off; An ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...