Last year, a 1,400-sq.-mi. region in the central part of the state became the first site in the U.S.—and only the 12th in the world—to be named a Dark Sky Reserve by the International Dark-Sky ...

The Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve comes alive once the sun sets and the stars begin to glow. Stretching across 1,415 square miles, there is a lot of space to stargaze, and the intrepid should ...