Press Releases

Queenstown-based designer Claire Brinsley’s first fashion range has been launched overseas by an exclusive UK boutique.

High tea has taken on a whole new meaning in New Zealand with the country’s world famous tree house restaurant now serving afternoon tea to cope with demand.

Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour is hosting a celebrity line-up – not all famous yachties – during the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series races on the Hauraki Gulf.

The world’s largest Polynesian city, Auckland, comes alive in a colourful island-style celebration this weekend with the annual Pasifika Festival at Western Springs Park.

A New Zealand stone with an image of the Virgin Mary on it, has so far attracted bids of nearly $27,000.

Wellington costume designer Nadine Jaggi, who works for the Oscar-winning WETA Workshop, is the supreme award-winner at the 2008 Montana World of WearableArt.

Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, is to continue hosting the country’s largest art event, The World of WearableArt Awards, in a fresh deal signed at the closing of this year’s successful show.

The largest art event on New Zealand’s cultural calendar, the Montana World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards show turns 20 this year (2008) in true spectacular style.

Waiheke - a little island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf celebrated for its beaches, artists, award-winning wines and olive oil - gets the tick of approval and no. 2 placing on Frommer’s top destinations list for 2009.

The picturesque town of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand’s South Island has been listed as one of the world’s 10 most romantic places to have a holiday.