Press Releases

Queenstown is vying for a square on the first-ever worldwide Monopoly board.

Work on New Zealand’s national cycleway network is to get a ‘quick start’ this summer at several locations throughout the country.

A rare home town performance by Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords has raised $70,000 for Jemaine Clement’s old high school in the small Wairarapa town of Masterton.

Around a hundred mouse sized giant weta have been released into the wild at Karori Sanctuary in Wellington.

Visitors to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, can now get a rare glimpse of the city’s early history with the unveiling of remnants of an ancient Māori pa in the heart of the central business area.

Wellington Zoo’s latest arrival is an endangered red panda cub, born to proud parents Isha and Amy.

Birdwatchers can now view one of New Zealand's least-known rare birds after a release onto a privately owned reserve in the Chatham Islands.

A rare moa bone has been found in South Canterbury's Ruataniwha Conservation Park.

A rare English medal dug up in the back yard of a New Zealand home, will travel back to London as part of an exhibition.

The New Zealand Government has made an important ecological investment by purchasing an area of peat bog in western Southland.