Press Releases

Sir Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, is itching to revisit Middle Earth after reading the script for the first of ‘The Hobbit’ films.

Three young British travellers have left New Zealand after the final of an online reality series that tested their stomachs and skills in the quest for the title of the ultimate ‘Gap Year Traveller 2009’.

New Zealand is in the spotlight in a new online gap year competition taking five young Brits down-under for an adrenalin-filled Kiwi adventure that puts a new twist on traditional reality TV survival shows.

The diverse gardens of Taranaki - New Zealand’s premier garden destination – and the people who create them, will be on show in October for a fringe event that has grown into the country’s largest garden festival.

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest garden show, the 2009 Ellerslie International Flower Show, opens its gates next week (11.03.09) at a new home in the South Island city of Christchurch.

Only 16-days-old and as yet un-named, a little blue penguin has everyone clucking at the Penguin Encounter in Christchurch’s International Antarctic Centre.

Akaroa, a small peninsula town on the South Island’s east coast, is doubling as paradise in a joint Kiwi-German film production.

A German tourist has traveled New Zealand for 40 days, undertaking 40 different sports and setting a world record in the process.

Tourism New Zealand’s giant inflatable rugby ball has gone down a treat in London with more than 7500 visitors, including royalty and VIPs.

New Zealand’s giant rugby ball has seen plenty of action at its new home beside London’s famous Tower Bridge earning warm praise from crowds who’ve braved cold temperatures to visit the Kiwi icon.