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Move over kiwis – if zoologists have their way, the famous New Zealand flightless bird will have to share its national icon status with the country’s native frogs.

An uninhabited island just 30 minutes from Auckland city has become the latest New Zealand ecological restoration success story.

It’s the buzz word of the New Zealand tourism industry but what is kaitiakitanga? If you don’t know then tread carefully because it could hold the key to the future of the world.

Written and directed by New Zealander Roger Donaldson, and starring Oscar-winning Sir Anthony Hopkins, it seems New Zealand is taking the world's centre-screen again.

Corporal Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata was the first winner of the new Victoria Cross (VC) of New Zealand, which was instituted in 1999.

A New Zealand invention - skates with a modern twist - has rolled out to become a multi million dollar company.

Imagine hiking for six days, never seeing another soul and not even stepping out of a national park - that's Kahurangi National Park.

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’.

Most couples heading off for a weekend away might be looking for romance but the Taylors from Waikato in New Zealand’s North Island had something else in mind.

Visitors to the Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand’s South Island may think they’re experiencing a modern trend in eco-friendly tourism, but practising sustainability is nothing new around here.