Press Releases

Black Grace, New Zealand’s famed contemporary dance company currently in North America is on a month long, 11 city tour.

It produces some of the world's finest wine, and now the New Zealand town of Blenheim has taken the crown as the country's sunniest centre.

A dashing dolphin called George is charming boatloads of tourists at the Abel Tasman National Park in the northern part of New Zealand’s South Island.

Canadian country singer Shania Twain and New Zealand's Prime Minister sing to the same tune.

New Zealand's clean green image undergoes its most important exposure yet as the country plays host to the 2008 World Environment Day.

Electronic chick and egg timers are being used to improve the survival rates of kiwi in the wild.

One of New Zealand's most significant inventors has died. Colin Murdoch can lay claim to having revolutionised medical and veterinary science.

Former US President Bill Clinton has invited a New Zealand clothing company to address Asian leaders on sustainability.

Te Papa’s colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea and gifted to the museum in 2007, is scheduled for defrosting and examination on 30 April 2008.

Further success for Kiwi folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords - their first full length album has scored a stunning debut on the US Pop charts.