For the next century, narrow bush tracks were the only means of passage across Haast Pass, until the shingled highway ...

Before the first Polynesian settlers stepped onto New Zealand’s shores some 750 years ago, the island nation was home to one of the most formidable birds to have ever flown — birds like Haast ...

Through South Westland. A Journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring, New Zealand. By A. Maud Moreland. Second Edition. Pp. xviii + 222. (London and Melbourne, Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin ...

"Stitching Central Otago to the wonders of South Westland, the Haast Pass Highway is what epic roadies are all about. The Haast region is the centrepiece of Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage area.

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

And in place of apex predators like tigers, New Zealand had Haast’s eagle. Ever since a group of farm workers drained a swamp in the late 1860s and uncovered its buried bones, this eagle has ...

Police are investigating on behalf of the coroner. Photo / File A kayaker has died in Haast, police say. Emergency services were called to Jackson Bay/Okahu in Haast about 2pm, police said in a ...

State Highway 6 between Haast and Lake Moeraki closed earlier this month when record-breaking rain pummelled the region, causing slips, rockfall and cracking in the highway. Waka Kotahi Central ...

The inspiration was a newspaper story Walker saw in London 15 years ago about remains found in caves north of Westport that were like the extinct Haast’s eagle, the prehistoric world’s largest winged ...