Herewith, an option for the next northern winter: stunning Lake Tekapo on the south island of New Zealand. Lake Tekapo gets its turquoise hue from "rock flour," also known as glacial flour.

Rock cairns being made by tourists at Tekapo in front of the Church of The Good Shepherd is frustrating some locals. Photo / George Heard “What ever happened to ‘take only photographs ...

Emergency crews are battling to contain a major fire that has broken out in a Tekapo restaurant. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) southern communications shift manager Andrew Norris said they ...