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Dolphins are renowned for helping humans in trouble at sea but a group of fishermen off New Zealand’s Northland coast have returned the favour by freeing a dolphin caught in a fishing long-line.

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.

Kiwi teenagers Paige Hareb and Sarah Mason have created New Zealand surfing history at the Dream Tour women’s surfing event underway in Taranaki, in the North Island.

A wintry blast has dumped a deep snow blanket across New Zealand’s mountains over the past week, leaving ski fields in the north and south in superb shape for the winter season.

Spring is a prime time for garden enthusiasts and the combination of climate, creative planting, centuries of nurturing and a picturesque backdrop make Dunedin’s Rhododendron Festival a highlight event on New Zealand calendar.

The cooler climes of Otago in New Zealand’s South Island are perfectly suited to growing rhododendrons and every year, when the blooms are at their best, the city of Dunedin celebrates with a special festival.

South Island city Dunedin will be transformed into a high fashion boutique, when a collection of vintage couture clothing is showcase during iD Dunedin Fashion Week.

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.

Dunedin could host an international gathering of botanists, horticulturists and conservationists – if a bid to stage a major world conference in the southern New Zealand city is successful.

Chocoholics are smacking their lips in anticipation of a Kiwi food festival that’s become an annual family favourite – Dunedin’s Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.