Features

The diversity of the New Zealand landscape astonishes visitors. The country has glistening sand, primeval forests, bubbling mud, green pastures, snowy peaks and bountiful marine life.

Stunning scenery and great peacefulness; guests at Blanket Bay Lodge enjoy golf, fly-fishing, horse riding at the hideaway, or join in the adventure of Queenstown.

Like food, dance and fashion New Zealand music is a unique and vibrant expression of the culture of the land. New Zealand's musical influence has come from a variety of cultures. The sounds of the indigenous Maori can be heard in many of the country's music genres – while New Zealand's British colonial history, with contributions from Europe and America, can also be widely heard. As the nation has grown, local artists have mixed these styles with local influences to create music that is uniquely New Zealand.

Travellers with a 'green' conscience can take heart. Getting around New Zealand is now a whole lot easier on the environment.

New Zealand: A land of just over four million people, but a country that is punching well above it's weight when it comes to helping the environment and working towards reducing carbon emissions.

New Zealand has a vast array of well-kept walkways and tracks providing access to unique wilderness areas and virgin rain forests.

Most people choose to visit Fiordland, New Zealand’s southern paradise in summer, but as Joe Russell discovers, spring and autumn is really the time to go.

New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is showcasing his home country to the world through one of his favourite childhood novels.

Feature overview about the New Zealand landscape and how this influences past and contemporary New Zealand artists.

A listing of all New Zealand Garden festivals in 2008.