Press Releases

The Auckland Art Fair, on from 18-20 May 2007, will showcase the best selection of Australasian contemporary art ever exhibited in New Zealand.

Auckland, New Zealand has been named the top entrepreneurial city in the OECD according to an international survey.

A rare visit from a humpback whale and her calf to Auckland’s marine doorstep has scientists and whale watchers very excited.

Auditions have started in Johannesburg for a big-budget sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson.

Comfort is key for an increasing number of Australians choosing a less typical method of ‘crossing the ditch’ to New Zealand.

A world-leading system for controlling avalanches which was developed in the South Island region of Fiordland has been nominated for a major international award.

The eventual return of New Zealand native tuatara to wild habitat in the South Island has been brought a step closer with the arrival of 15 of the baby reptiles at Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin.

A baby tuatara discovered at a wildlife sanctuary in Wellington is the first confirmed wild tuatara hatchling on New Zealand’s mainland in at least 200 years.

The traditional Kiwi bach is being brought into the modern day.

The quest to find New Zealand’s own ‘Bachelor’ is hotting up with a tourism promotion timed to coincide with the airing of the hit US reality show on NZ television.