Press Releases

Japanese tourists, who joined locals in a fun run through a remote New Zealand kauri forest, were helping to celebrate a burgeoning friendship between two different cultures.

Flight of the Conchords fans mourning the end of the Grammy Award-winning TV series will have something to celebrate on 26 August – when Predicament, starring one-half of Conchords duo Jemaine Clement, is released into New Zealand cinemas.

An adventurous Kiwi airline pilot is about to embark on the ride of a lifetime – from London to Auckland on a jetski.

New Zealand movie-goers flocking to see the recently released 'Julie and Julia', based on the life of Julia Child, have discovered that the US celebrity chef’s former personal assistant is now living on their doorstep.

Canadian teen pop superstar Justin Bieber has named New Zealand as one of the places where he had a pivotal life moment in his new biography, 'First Step 2 Forever'.

New Zealand’s native parrot the kakariki and syrah wine may, on the face of it, have little in common but a mutually beneficial arrangement is about to make the release of one help fund the release of the other.

Gourmet seafood pies, mussels, paua, salmon, prawns, whitebait, oysters, scallop kebabs and crayfish will once again tantalise tastebuds at the annual Kaikoura Seafest on New Zealand’s rugged southern coast next month.

Life revolves around the sea in Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, and once a year the rich harvest of local seafood becomes central to a now internationally renowned festival.

Swimming with dolphins off New Zealand’s rugged South Island coast of Kaikoura has been ranked amongst the top 10 most thrilling experiences in the world, by 'Lonely Planet'.

The population of the world’s rarest parrot – the New Zealand kakapo – has reached a record high of 125 with the 2009 breeding season being hailed the most successful since the recovery programme began.