Press Releases

In a final farewell to Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealanders are donating engraved rocks to construct a memorial cairn.

Christchurch city is bidding farewell to the bar-tailed godwit, as March marks the beginning of migration.

Cavers exploring deep inside Kahurangi National Park, in the north west of New Zealand’s South Island, have discovered a new passage through rock that is 500 million years old.

Karapiro Wellness Resort is New Zealand’s first hotel to adopt a carbon offset programme designed at allowing guests to leave pampered but guilt-free.

Scientists have discovered a vast new underwater colony labelled 'Brittlestar City' south of New Zealand.

A New Zealand-based astronomy organisation has discovered a tiny star with its own planet slightly larger than Earth, 3000 light years away.

Air New Zealand could be running its entire domestic fleet on biofuel in the not too distant future according to the company’s chief executive Rob Fyfe.

Two Australians have set a world record by being the first to kayak across the Tasman Sea.

A 93 year old movie, restored by Peter Jackson’s company, is screening in the lead up to ANZAC day on 25 April.

One of New Zealand’s great adventure expeditions of the late 1800s is being replicated by two top athletes.