Press Releases

On the crest of a bumper winter sports season, fresh snow falls and clear days are providing good conditions for skiers and snowboarders as New Zealand shifts into spring gear.

Festivity is in the air this week as New Zealanders lift their eyes to the heavens for the rise of Matariki – the Pleiades star formation – in southern hemisphere skies.

When it comes to gardens, New Zealand’s Taranaki region has more to show off than most as many public and private gardens ready for the 2009 Taranaki Rhododendron & Garden Festival.

America’s reality TV star, Jason Mesnick and his partner Molly Malaney of The Bachelor fame, have become engaged during a romantic return visit to New Zealand.

While financial swings have prompted caution and reserve in some industries, it seems New Zealand adventure-seekers are keener than ever to take the plunge and enjoy an adrenalin high.

A gourmet extravaganza organised by New Zealand celebrity chef Peter Gordon, and involving 13 of the world’s top chefs, has raised NZ$160,000 for the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF).

Māori New Year celebrations launched in New Zealand at the weekend with a hugely successful gourmet hangi that tickled traditional taste buds, and may have changed attitudes towards the customary Māori feast forever.

Travel media and operators not at New Zealand’s largest international tourism business event TRENZ will be able to keep up with an internet blog that will be coming live from this website.

A Californian bidder has scored New Zealand’s luxury travel deal of the century, winning a NZ$31,500 package for a quarter of its retail value.

An Alaskan carpenter has become the first international designer to win New Zealand’s largest and most flamboyant art event – the Montana World of Wearableart (WOW).