Press Releases

Kiwi Scott Dixon's Indy 500 win has placed him alongside some of New Zealand's greatest sportspeople.

Moko the dolphin, has saved two pygmy sperm whales from certain death on the East Coast of New Zealand.

New Zealand tourists keen to swim with dolphins but put off by cool water temperatures, especially in winter, can breathe a sigh of relief.

A summer art exhibition that combines dramatic outdoor sculpture with spectacular coastal scenery – all in a short ferry ride from Auckland – has opened to the public for a three week season.

Zealous rugby fans are getting their crazy attire ready for one of the biggest rugby events of the year, the 2008 round of the IRB Sevens World Series.

New Zealand’s first authentic Chinese garden – only the third outside of China and the first in the Southern Hemisphere – has officially opened in the South Island city of Dunedin.

Queen's Birthday weekend could see New Zealand’s first major skifield open for the 2009 ski season – Mt Hutt in the South Island is gearing up to launch two weeks ahead of schedule, for the first time in 10 years.

Snow has been falling thick and fast in New Zealand in an unseasonably early arrival that spells good news for winter sports enthusiasts.

Usually it’s the early bird that catches the worm, but New Zealand is offering an early chance to catch the bird - with an invitation for visitors to travel to a remote destination for a rare meeting.

Kakapo, tuatara, kiwi and other unique New Zealand wildlife will be the stars in an episode of a major new television series by British writer and actor Stephen Fry.