A massive earthquake of 6.2-magnitude has hit off the west coast ... New Zealand, which is home to 5 million people, sits on the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific ...

Go West: The West Coast might be New Zealand's land of opportunity for outdoor ... hunting and fishing and access to rivers and the ocean for boating." To say nothing of the country's largest ...

A venomous sea snake has been found on the South Island’s West Coast ... up on New Zealand’s beaches because of recent weather events. The snake is found throughout the Pacific Ocean ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of New Zealand Wednesday ... of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanoes ...