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A playful family group of orcas are the latest holidaymakers to stop off in the deep blue waters of Queen Charlotte Sound, at the tip of New Zealand’s South Island.

Fast boats and world famous yachtsmen are no strangers to Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour but the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series will provide some extraordinary scenes when racing gets underway this Friday (30.01.09).

Move over Babe, a select group of New Zealand pigs is being primed for starring roles in a big-budget motion picture to be filmed in Wellington and the South Island next year.

Last time it was airport trollies now he’s talking roast dinners. ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ star Paul Potts is in love with New Zealand and is quick to list great New Zealand experiences he’s encountered on his current international tour.

New Zealand’ motorsport champion Scott Dixon will enjoy a good old Kiwi barbecue in New York before his next IndyCar series – thanks to a group of ex-pat New Zealanders.

Rare Sir Edmund Hillary memorabilia unwittingly destined for the trash has instead been recognised as a priceless national treasure, and is now safely in the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at Aoraki Mount Cook.

A themed Air New Zealand flight from Sydney to Queenstown on 27 June will give this year’s American Express Queenstown Winter Festival a flying start.

Queenstown has launched its first international standard five-star hotel spa.

One of the founders of bungy jumping, New Zealand entrepreneur Henry van Asch has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday awards for his services to tourism.

Queenstown, New Zealand’s picturesque South Island resort, has been voted third best city by a global travel and leisure magazine.