Press Releases

With the 2010 FIS Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Champs over, elite junior winter sports athletes from around the world are packing their bags – but many will leave with high hopes of returning.

Tourism New Zealand’s ‘100% Pure New Zealand’ brand - recognised as amongst the world’s most successful - is celebrating its tenth birthday with the promise of a hundred percent commitment to its message.

New Zealand has been confirmed as one of the world’s top destinations with a string of international awards for 2010 that applaud the country for being an easy, fun place to live in and visit.

Kiwi marathon adventurer Malcolm Law – who last year became the first person in the world to run the equivalent of seven marathons in seven consecutive days – is mounting an even grittier challenge for 2010.

New Zealand’s Rangitāne tribe has finally laid to rest the remains of 60 ancestors unearthed from their original burial ground then reclaimed from Canterbury Museum in the South Island.

Canada’s snowboarding elite took some time out from the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games to relax Queenstown-style – jumping off bridges and careering through canyons.

A world-first attempt to run New Zealand’s seven internationally renowned ‘Great Walks’ in seven consecutive days will provide an epic fundraising mission.

Air New Zealand has been recognised as one of New Zealand's most environmentally responsible tourism businesses with the award of Qualmark Enviro-Gold status.

Air New Zealand has been named in a prestigious international industry publication as ‘Airline of the Year’ for 2010.

Love is in the air at Air New Zealand where they've just announced the world’s first ‘matchmaking flight’ – the trip of a life-time for those who’d travel the world for love or have ever felt sparks for the stranger in the middle seat.