Scientists are working to map and protect the city’s underground tunnels so they aren’t destroyed during construction Maya Wei-Haas - Reporter Maidenhair ferns frame the cavernous entrance to a ...

Social media users are claiming that a viral video shows a recent underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that sent ash, debris and tsunami waves across the Pacific. A 2-minute Facebook video shared ...

A digital simulation of an underwater volcano eruption in New Zealand has tricked users online, with some sharing the footage as authentic footage of the eruption at Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano ...

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The city of Auckland is home to about 1.5 million people but its true treasure is Waiheke Island, just a 40-minute ferry ride from the mainland. The island that measures 25km long and 15km wide may ...

From the crater rim, Auckland stretched out below — harbors, beaches, islands, the chaotic city unfolding in neat little grids — but my eyes kept drifting back to the maunga (the Māori word for ...