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New Zealand born yachting legend Sir Peter Blake is the only sailor to have taken part in the first five Whitbread Round the World races. He also led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories.

Former Prime Minister David Lange’s legacy is that of making New Zealand nuclear free.

Captain Charles Hazlett Upham was the only person to be awarded two Victoria Crosses (VC) during World War II and the only combat solider to have won two VC medals.

Far from the world's great population centres in Europe and America, where 20th Century design evolved, lies a small city that is uniquely New Zealand.

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.

The tuatara is a lizard-like creature that is only found on certain small islands around New Zealand and in a number of mainland sanctuaries.

Kapiti Island is home to an internationally famed nature reserve protecting some of the world’s rarest and most endangered birds.

The legendary love story of the Central Plateau mountains gives visitors the opportunity to connect in a real and genuine way with the landscape, stories, language and culture of New Zealand.

Waitangi Day is a public holiday held on 6 February every year to commemorate the signing of New Zealand's founding document - the Treaty of Waitangi - in 1840.

Franz Josef is a glacier located on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island.