Press Releases

A New Zealand winemaker has scooped the world’s largest wine competition winning the top red wine award.

Tourists riding the popular Tranz Alpine rail link across New Zealand’s South Island will soon be enjoying a more luxurious journey.

The unique natural environment of Farewell Spit, at the northernmost tip of New Zealand’s South Island, has landed the area on UNESCO’s tentative list for World Heritage Sites.

New Zealand’s landscapes will once again star on the big screen, this time in the most expensive Dutch film ever made. The film, Bride Flight, will be released in the Netherlands this October.

While New Zealand bathes in sunshine and high temperatures, winter sports enthusiasts have cooler conditions in mind.

A book giveaway in the Netherlands has meant a book about New Zealand is now owned by nearly one million Dutch people.

New Zealand students have proved they are amongst the brightest and most articulate in the world by winning the World Schools' Debating Championship in Athens, Greece.

Six of New Zealand’s best surf breaks will get national park status if a new coastal policy proposed by the Department of Conservation goes ahead.

The match schedule for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand has been announced in Auckland today (12.03.09) with 13 venues across the country chosen to host pool matches.

New Zealand’s wine industry aims to be the first in the world to go sustainable, and has issued a draft sustainability policy to be implemented by vintage 2012.