Press Releases

A team of scientists from New Zealand and Italy is on its way to Antarctica's northern coast.

One of New Zealand’s smaller South Island ski-fields, Ohau in the Mackenzie Country, is the second-time recipient of a supreme award for hospitality and expertise in tourism operation.

A Kiwi woman's shear talent has seen her smash the World Record for shearing sheep.

Filming gets underway in major New Zealand movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes.

Auckland will showcase top photographic talent in the 4th annual Festival of Photography running from 1-24 June.

The man many Kiwis call the ‘greatest New Zealander who ever lived’ has reached his final resting place.

A $7.5million centre showcasing the pioneering heart of New Zealand's national identity is scheduled to open at the Hermitage Aoraki Mt Cook in January 2008.

New Zealand hero Sir Edmund Hillary was famed for conquering Everest but may also have unwittingly knocked off one of the world's greatest mysteries - the existence of the yeti.

A cold southerly storm has blown good fortune over New Zealand’s ski fields providing the perfect start to the ski season.

Top snowboarders and skiers with a taste for the wild side are preparing to descend on one of New Zealand’s most remote mountainous regions.