Features

Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin, New Zealand, is home to the only mainland colony of Royal albatross in the world.

The northern waters of New Zealand are home to the biggest yellowtail kingfish in the world, known locally as kingfish or ‘kingies’.

Essential to the New Zealand experience is the unique sound of the beautiful song birds heard in forests, hills and backyards all over the country. It's a melodious chorus that - with 73 of New Zealand’s native bird species on the World Conservation Union’s 'red list' of threatened species - must be protected.

Isolated for around 80 million years, New Zealand became a paradise for birds; some, in the absence of predators, developing unusual and interesting characteristics. Plus other animals.

The sea, the vessel, the voyage, the arrival. New Zealand was born on the waves, from two long migrations.

The New Zealand invention, Blokart is rapidly becoming the world’s most popular land-based sail sport.

One of New Zealand’s rarest birds has surprised conservationists by breeding within months of their release on Mana Island, off Wellington’s west coast.

Ask most people what a ‘fairy tern’ is and you’re likely to get an answer that relates to the latest moves on the TV hit ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

Feature on the New Zealand spa experience and why New Zealand spas are unique.

The best-known bungy jumping is in Queenstown, but there are also thrills to be had in the North Island.