This spot also nabbed a Best Family Beach nomination, as well as a Best Camping Beach nod. The category wouldn’t be complete without Auckland’s famed Piha. Another of New Zealand’s renowned surfing ...

People flocked to the beaches en masse at the weekend, kepping surf lifeguards busy. Surf lifeguards across the country ...

The Herald Travel’s annual Best Beach competition has hung up its jandals for another year, but celebrations are only just ...

It was a near-miss for a teenager swept out to sea at a notoriously dangerous Auckland beach last night, rescuers say. The police Eagle helicopter and Surf Life Saving New Zealand responded to a ...

Takapuna and Long Bay surf lifesavers, and the North Shore rescue water craft (jetski) roaming patrol were kept busy on Sunday with beachgoers reaching 4400 at Takapuna and 1850 at Long Bay. Tay ...

Gisborne beaches don’t compare with the best beaches in the country, according to NZ Herald readers in the publication’s 2025 ...

Surf Lifesaving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is warning beachgoers to swim between the flags after lifeguards rescued four people at Christchurch beaches over the weekend. And at Piha, an entire family was ...

A body found on a beach on Auckland's west coast is believed to be that of a missing swimmer.

A 25-year-old man who drowned while swimming at Piha Beach was due to marry next month, his family has confirmed ...

A body believed to be of the fisherman reported missingfrom Piha Beach in Auckland has been found on ... In a statement, Surf Life Saving New Zealand(SLSNZ) confirmed that surf lifeguards ...

Abhishek Arora, believed to have drowned while swimming at Piha was due to be married next month, his family says. His body was found washed up on Bethells ...