Over the years, it has become known as the ‘grande dame of luxury lodges’ in New Zealand, drawing royalty ... Gone are the blue tartan carpet and navy walls, replaced with light timber and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been ...

qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been identified by a military Court of Inquiry in a ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.