Press Releases

Classic Kiwi icons will get the WOW treatment when the wonderfully quirky World of WearableArt Awards Show steps out in Wellington for the 2011 season.

Hollywood superstar Ashton Kutcher and humble Kiwi bloke Rudy Heeman have something in common - the hoverwing.

Kiwi backyard inventor Rudy Heeman is NZ$27,500 richer after his creation – the hoverwing, went under the virtual hammer on New Zealand auction site TradeMe.

A popular Kiwi cookbook writer has won a prestigious international award at Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards in Adelaide.

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.