Press Releases

Re-tracing the footsteps of New Zealand’s early settlers across some of the country’s most remote and dramatic landscape has become an annual pilgrimage in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Kiwis (the non-feathered variety) have gone to the polls to elect a new top bird and - in what’s promising to be a closely fought election - some native species have even hired campaign managers to boost their roost.

A programme to save an endangered bird is having a commercial spin-off for New Zealand’s lucrative wine-growing industry.

'The Lovely Bones' – the latest movie from New Zealand’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ producer Peter Jackson – has had its world première at a royal gala event in London.

Two New Zealand movies will join a line up of top rated films from around the world to be screened at the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival later this month.

Three New Zealand films have won major awards at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.

Rowing champions will take more than memories home from the 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand – each gold medallist will receive a treasured pounamu taonga / treasure as a gift from local Māori.

The call of a traditional Māori greeting echoed across the waters of Lake Ngatu in the far north today (2.02.2011) as New Zealand became the first country in the world to welcome the dawning of World Wetlands Day.

New Zealand is riding the crest of a wave of surfing popularity with some of the sport’s top competitions – including the Dream Tour and the World Junior championships – to be held at the country’s top breaks this summer.

For the sixth year in a row, New Zealand has been ranked in the world’s top five best destinations by readers of prestigious Condé Nast Traveller magazine.