Press Releases

An exclusive Maori culture tour has been named as one of the World’s Best Day Trips by international magazine Conde Nast Traveller.

A million-dollar research programme is underway looking at using traditional Maori foods in contemporary cuisine.

Maori have the earliest childhood memories of any culture in New Zealand according to the results of a study just released.

A New Zealand archaeologist has uncovered an untouched "time capsule" of Maori life which dates back almost 200 years.

As New Zealand gears up for this year’s Matariki celebrations, the significance of Maori New Year is attracting increased international awareness.

The development of Matariki as a uniquely New Zealand national festival has received the support of the New Zealand Maori Tourism Council.

Anyone visiting New Zealand in September will get a unique chance to ‘meet the locals,’ Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga, as part of the country’s annual Conservation Week.

Acclaimed Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro is moving to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington to take a journey back to Middle-earth, directing The Hobbit movie and its sequel for the next four years.

New Zealand has won the battle for Middle-earth. Oscar winning Wellington film maker Peter Jackson, is set to make two movies based on The Hobbit.

Operation Nest Egg (ONE) is celebrating the arrival of its 1000th kiwi chick.