The best time to visit Wellington is between March and May (the autumn shoulder season) when the weather is warm but the city isn't overcrowded. Winter, which spans from June to August, is considered ...

A high-end private jet has touched down in Wellington, leaving aviation enthusiasts and onlookers buzzing with questions ...

The Museum of New Zealand – which also goes by its Maori name, Te Papa Tongarewa, translated as "Container of Treasures" – is just that: a beautiful modern building filled with artifacts and art by ...

With its wide paved walkways, sunny beachfront and backdrop of rising hills, there’s some justification for Oriental Bay being called the “Riviera of the South.” The prestigious New Zealand ...

Natasha Frost is a staff writer who has lived in Wellington and travels there often. Wellington, the pint-size capital of New Zealand, easily invites comparisons. You might think of San Francisco when ...

Wellington is on track to drop from New Zealand’s third-largest city to the fifth in less than 25 years as the capital’s ...

Above the skeleton of an ancient Maori village, in a tiny unit in Wellington’s business district, Eamon O’Rourke and Mark Halton are distilling gin. A machine churns out labels and a bottle washer ...

Wellington, New Zealand — Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed over the city for five years. Named Quasi, the 16 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Transformative Travel: I look at how travel can change lives. While some Americans might not have been serious about their intent ...

We approach New Zealand’s capital by ferry from that country’s South Island. At first all we can see is mountains and sea. Wellington is around the corner in a sheltered bay and is revealed to us ...

New Zealand suffered a huge blow during the ongoing first Test against the West Indies, having lost Tom Blundell for the rest ...