To the uninitiated competitive surfing can be confusing. What is the priority system for example? Who decides which surfer gets to ride a wave? How are rides scored? Is an aerial manoeuvre worth ...

This weekend, Waihī Beach will host an extraordinary weekend of international surf boat racing, bringing together some of the ...

Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) can confirm that a swimmer, who went missing at Piha yesterday afternoon, remains ...

Waihī Beach is welcoming back one of its own as Libby Bradley, a former junior surf lifesaving member, returns on February 8 ...

More than 400 surfers have signed up for the 62nd National Championships. Both 2024 champions Daniel Farr of Taranaki and ...

The winners of the Herald Travel‘s annual Best Beach competition have been revealed - and the results may come as a surprise.

Because, who needs an audience? We've rounded up the best surf breaks in New Zealand to learn or refine your skills in time for next year.

The recent changes to New Zealand's visa program doesn't actually involve the launch of a separate “digital nomad visa," but ...

Weeks out, surf forecasts are checked a million times to see if there will be a swell when we arrive, but the reality is that we are going anyway. Sometimes we get lucky, other years not so much ...