Features

Rising opera star Deborah Wai Kapohe is rapidly making a name for herself as the ultimate successor to New Zealand’s greatest ever soprano, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

A possum fur coat with hat and gloves to match? Or a bikini of silky possum skin? In New Zealand the anti-fur protesters have given these garments the thumbs up.

Arts and Culture Feature; Overview of famous past and contemporary New Zealand artists and how they interpret their country, identity and culture.

Makara Peak in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, has caught the attention of the world's best-read mountain biking magazine and its advertisers.

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

Feature on New Zealand's newest winery, Sileni Estates in Hawke's Bay. Sileni is actively marketing New Zealand red wines offshore.

Spas in Rotorua move with the times. The Polynesian Spa opens its new Lake Spa Retreat and Hell's Gate at Tikitere has opened deep bathing mud pools.

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

New Zealand's Pacific Rim cuisine draws inspiration from Europe, Asia and Polynesia. Background information on various aspects of New Zealand cuisine.

Some key moments in Aotearoa - New Zealand's Maori history from the Polynesian migrations to early British colonisation to settlement of historic claims and recent revival of the Maori language.