Press Releases

A global peace movement is set to take its first steps in New Zealand this week when a flame lit during a ceremony in Waitakere, West Auckland begins a journey that will take it to more than 90 countries.

A Californian couple who’ve waited 25 years to fulfil a dream to visit New Zealand, will be making the trip in style having won an on-line auction for a luxury holiday.

Two top New Zealand luxury lodges - Kauri Cliffs, in Northland, and The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, in Hawke's Bay - have come in #1 and #2 in an international travel survey.

Sculptor Michael Parekowhai has been named as New Zealand’s artist ambassador to the 2011 Venice Biennale.

Two top New Zealand tourism businesses have been short-listed for international responsible tourism awards.

New Zealand has a new international celebrity – parrot pin up boy Sirocco the kakapo has shot to stardom after his unusual mating attempt with a zoologist aired on BBC television.

An authentic slice of New Zealand’s natural environment and culture transported to Shanghai for Expo 2010 is proving a hit with visitors.

Two young Kiwi lawyers who’ve spent nearly 12 months travelling the world playing a different golf course every day – are on the home straight and will return to New Zealand next month.

Organisers of the 2010 World Rowing Championships to be held at Lake Karapiro – in New Zealand’s Waikato region – have used legendary Kiwi ingenuity to develop a novel tool to promote the event internationally.

Offshore ticket sales indicate that New Zealand will welcome 95,000 international visitors – a rise of 10,000 from earlier predictions – for Rugby World Cup 2011, according to the Tournament organisers.