Press Releases

Americans have a better idea of where New Zealand is but have questions about the local lingo after New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s guest appearance on David Letterman’s Late Show.

A Kiwi online social network dubbed ‘Facebook for five-year-olds’ is taking off overseas - with more than 21,000 members globally while still in its test stage.

A young Kiwi photographer from Lake Wanaka has become the only New Zealander and sole female finalist in a prestigious international photography competition.

Thirty-three years after his father became the first person to row across the Tasman, Shaun Quincey arrived on New Zealand’s 90 Mile beach - completing a 54-day row from Australia.

New Zealand is in a proud position in the lead up to the world rowing championships at Lake Karapiro this October – after major success at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne.

Seven of the best-known names in Kiwi rugby will act as ambassadors for New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011.

Europe may be the setting for the 33rd America’s Cup currently underway in Valencia but New Zealand will be deep in the heart of the action – both on and off the water.

Kiwi short film 'The Six Dollar Fifty Man' has won a top prize - the Jury Prize in International Short Film-making - at the Sundance International Film Festival in Utah.

Talented Kiwi film-makers have been showcasing the beauty of New Zealand this week, at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (4 - 12 February 2011).

Kiwi adventurer Erik Bradshaw has made New Zealand alpine history as the first person to ski the length of the Southern Alps.