However, there’s one type of beach that often gets overlooked: black sand beaches ... Situated about 22 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of New Zealand's most populated city, Auckland, Karekare ...

Sizable waves and super-soft black sand make it a favorite among ... the beautiful coastal views. Back at the beach, you can camp among the New Zealand Christmas trees—the sweet-smelling ...

This beautiful black sand beach, set against the backdrop of the ... a wilderness area on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, about 20 miles southwest of Auckland. This remote and ...

It just so happens that on some of New Zealand’s South Island beaches, there are many minerals to be found littered among the "black sand," as it’s known colloquially. These tiny flecks are ...

For over a century, locals on New Zealand’s South Island have known their black sand beaches were littered with billions of tiny flecks of the precious metal, but there have been few attempts to ...

New Zealand’s Muriwai Black Sand Beach, in Auckland, offers 37 miles of sparkling back sands that are the result of the island’s volcanic past. The color comes form a mixture of iron ...