South Island
New Zealand Man Goes Swimming, Finds Footprints of Extinct Mega-Bird
“I was just going for a casual swim, so it’s escalated a bit.”
A French Hitchhiker Lost His Shit in New Zealand After No One Picked Him Up
He smashed up the Punakaiki entrance sign—allegedly worth $3000—and threw it into a river.
Sex Workers Are Migrating South for New Zealand’s Ski Season
The influx of tourists over winter has created a booming micro industry for migratory sex workers in Queenstown.
New Zealand Gangs Are Making Peace and Mowing Lawns
Members of the notorious Mongrel Mob and Black Power gangs will soon be worker as landscapers in an effort to give them a legal source of income.
New Zealanders Are Stealing the Car Keys of Tourists Who Drive Badly
The upswing in vigilante justice may be latent nationalism bubbling to the surface.
A Visit to New Zealand's Weed Museum
At the foot of New Zealand’s South Island is Dunedin. Historically a farming community, 30 percent of its population now consists of students attending the local university. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it’s also home to Cannabis House, the...