Press Releases

Creative foodies with a taste for wild fare have put the small New Zealand town of Hokitika on the international culinary map with an adventurous food festival that attracts thousands of intrepid gourmets.

New Zealand is basking in glory after receiving three international tourism and travel-related awards in just over one week.

A short film presenting New Zealand as 'the youngest country on earth' has given a young film-maker his ‘big break’.

New Zealand has made the cut to be named in Lonely Planet’s prestigious 'Best in Travel' publication for 2010.

New Zealand has won a prestigious travel award from Lonely Planet, the world’s most famous guidebook – in the inaugural ‘Lonely Planet Awards’.

New Zealand has been named as number two of the top nine destinations for 2011 by global broadcasting network CNN – coming in just behind New York.

New Zealand is open, welcoming and operating as normal, except for the Christchurch area which was affected by an earthquake on 22 February.

New Zealand luxury lodges - The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, and Huka Lodge at Taupo - have been named among the world’s best places to stay, according to US magazine 'Condé Nast Traveler'.

As Valentine’s Day – February 14 – approaches, Hobbit hearts are a-flutter with talk that filming of the much anticipated 'Lord of the Rings' film prequel is likely to begin that day in New Zealand.

Telling the story of New Zealand’s early timber trade, which consumed vast tracts of native forests, has seeded a 21st century world-first in carbon neutrality for a popular Northland tourist attraction.