From sheds, garages and moorings right around New Zealand, vintage boats are heading for their annual weekend of glory at Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park on March 2-3, for the 14th ...

The annual show held annually at Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park usually runs over two days, but drew a good crowd on Sunday, with close to 30 late registrations making up for those ...

Deep within Nelson Lakes National Park, in New Zealand’s South Island ... downstream of Rotomairewhenua (also known as Blue Lake) in lakes Rotoiti, Rotoroa and Tennyson, and is at risk of ...

A dog is believed to have killed a kiwi in the Nelson ... National Park in 2004. He had been a steady breeder, fathering many of the kiwi chicks born in the Rotoiti area. DOC Nelson Lakes senior ...

Lake Rotoiti is 50 millimetres below its minimum level and other lakes in the district are also very low. The regional council's taking steps to try maintain lake levels, using the Okere Gates to ...

The brother of a 48-year-old man on holiday with his family from Auckland who died tragically in Lake Rotoiti yesterday, has described the drowning as a "horrible accident". "He was out with his ...

Research by Niwa scientists reveal that the lake, in the Nelson Lakes National Park, has even greater visual clarity than that of the famed Te Waikoropupu Springs in nearby Golden Bay. Niwa said ...

In New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes National Park, about 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) above sea level and a two-day hike from nearest civilization, lies Rotomairewhenua, or Blue Lake. (CNN/Janet Newel) ...