Press Releases

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.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound is now third in the global race to find the world’s ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ - thanks to enthusiastic on-line voters.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound has moved up the rankings in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ as on-line voters help to heat up competition.

Forget tractors, lawn mowers and fuel ... a New Zealand winegrower has discovered an environmentally-friendly – and cute-as – answer to controlling the growth beneath his vines.

Mini car enthusiasts are planning to celebrate the iconic model’s 50th birthday with a commemorative New Zealand road trip – from one end to the other – based on one of the country’s best known movies.

A re-enactment of one of New Zealand’s best known movies 'Good Bye Pork Pie' has raised NZ$120,000 for charity as 37 car loads of mini enthusiasts took a ‘legendary’ road trip through New Zealand.