Sir Peter Jackson has raised the ire of neighbours by starting work on a second lake at his fairytale Wairarapa estate.

For more than a century, Negrohead Mountain has towered over the countryside north of Malibu, offering unrivalled views of the Pacific to generations of hikers.

Jill Worrall visits the last of Libya's remaining Ubari lakes, most of which dried up long ago.

From the air, the Orakei Korako thermal area looked like a giant pallette some monster artist had left lying on the banks of Lake Ohakuri.