Press Releases

Some of the world’s top mountain biking stars are heading to southern New Zealand to test their skills at the Queenstown Bike Festival.

A family-owned New Zealand tourism company’s exceptionally warm welcome to Chinese tourists has been recognised with a prestigious Chinese tourism award.

A talented young Shanghai-based design duo has scooped four top awards – supreme, supreme runner-up, and two section awards – in New Zealand’s 2012 Brancott Estate World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards Show.

Kiwis are preparing for three weeks of show stopping hilarity as New Zealand transforms into comedy central for the 20th edition of the NZ International Comedy Festival.

New Zealand alpine resort Queenstown is undergoing a quiet revolution as new cycle trails open up iconic South Island landscapes and experiences to a new kind of tourist.

Summer – as the Elves predict – will be good in Middle-earth: Calan vain, Ennor! Sí abgen edregol an i Laer ovol.

Food and wine enthusiasts are priming their taste buds for New Zealand’s newest summer highlight – a 10-day food and wine festival of mouth-watering events served up in a premium food and wine destination.

Visitors arriving at New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington will find themselves plunged into Middle-earth reality as they come face to face with Gollum.

International snow sports stars with a taste for the high life will soon be heading to New Zealand’s southern alpine regions to compete in the 2012 World Heli Challenge – dubbed “the most exotic snow-based event on the planet”.

New Zealand’s cycle-friendly landscapes have attracted a strong international contingent of cyclists for an ambitious eight-day cycling adventure that sets off on 20 April.