Press Releases

Kupe was one of Polynesia’s most famous voyagers and now an exhibition celebrating his life is on the move itself, leaving the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington and heading to the central North Island town of Rotorua.

New Zealand’s newest adventure attraction, the Shweeb Velodrome, will open in Rotorua in late August 2007.

A major milestone has been reached for the royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head, after the 500th chick hatched on 26 January 2007.

New Zealand’s giant inflatable rugby ball which became a major tourist attraction at the Rugby World Cup in Paris last year, has scored a new position beside another famous landmark -this time at London’s Tower Bridge.

International rugby teams and fans from all over New Zealand are descending on Wellington this weekend (6 - 7 February) to play their part in the 2009 NZI Rugby Sevens.

Emirates has been named the official airline for the next Rugby World Cup to be held in New Zealand in 2011.

The rural North Island town of Taihape is bracing itself for a flurry of unusual flying objects when competitors take part in the indigenous New Zealand sport of gumboot throwing

New Zealand’s reputation for agricultural innovation will stretch from the farm to the catwalk at the 2008 Air New Zealand Fashion Week in September.

A new ‘kiwi creche’ in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand has opened, with four 20-day old chicks reaping the benefits.

The bid to make New Zealand schools a healthier place will take another positive step when new government guidelines come into force next month.