Features

Zealandia, 40 minutes north of Auckland, is both a home and a gallery open to visitors. It features an imposing edifice with sharp lines and cool concrete slabs, which contrasts with the green pasture and native bush. The art itself, bronze sculpture by Zealandia creator Terry Stringer, is loaded with riddles and complexity. Stringer is one of New Zealand's top sculptors.

A slice of native paradise is not what you expect to find in a capital's inner city, but Wellington’s Zealandia - formerly the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary - is exactly that.

Ngatokimatawhaorua is believed to be the largest war canoe (waka) ever built and can carry 80 paddlers and 55 passengers.

The World of WearableArt Awards Show is a two hour theatrical spectacle held each spring in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington.

Background information on New Zealand's three World Heritage sites: Te Wahipounamu, Tongariro National Park and the Sub-Antarctic Islands.

New Zealand’s world-first national rugby museum will be relocated and upgraded in time for the huge influx of rugby fans expected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Jane Hunter (Hunter's Wines) and Michelle Richardson (Richardson Wines) are two New Zealand winemakers at the pinnacle of achievement in the wine industry.

'No matter where I am in the world, the East Coast of Aotearoa will always be my home. It's like the magnetic lodestone that keeps pulling me back to our island fortress at the bottom of the South Pacific,' Witi Ihimaera says.

Keen on whale watching and seal spotting? There’s no better time than winter and New Zealand’s extensive coast offers endless opportunities.

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