Press Releases

Te Ana Ngāi Tahu Rock Art Centre – an important new cultural tourism attraction housing a significant Māori art collection – will open in Timaru, New Zealand next week.

Visitors to the International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, could be surprised to learn that feeding the parking meter is helping to save penguins.

US golfing phenomenon Anthony Kim was on the lookout for birdies rather than the spectacular landscape that was all around him as he took out the lucrative Kiwi Challenge golf tournament in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, yesterday (12.11.09).

New Zealanders around the globe are preparing to don their red poppies for the annual Anzac Day remembrance of fallen Kiwi war heroes.

Remembering the fallen heroes of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS) will have added depth this coming Anzac Day thanks to a strengthened bond between the two countries as a result of the Christchurch earthquake.

An exclusive collection of war-themed New Zealand documentaries and films has gone online - on the NZ On Screen website – to mark Anzac Day 2009.

New Zealanders around the world who’re gearing up to celebrate Anzac Day will be relieved to learn that rather than miss the tradition of wearing a poppy to commemorate their war heroes, they can buy a virtual one instead.

Adventure-loving backpackers wanting to get a taste of what Sir Edmund Hillary would call “base camp” can now bunk down in style at the foot of Aoraki Mount Cook, in New Zealand’s South Island.

The change of seasons marks a special time in Arrowtown's calendar - the Arrowtown Autumn Festival commemorating the town’s pioneering history and natural beauty.

New Zealand’s Art Deco capital of Napier, in Hawke’s Bay, celebrates its annual festival of origin in style in February with an event calendar that features boas and balls, picnics and parades.