Press Releases

A New Zealand adventure company has overcome military interference to lead a team to conquer Mount Everest, the first New Zealanders to do so since the death of Sir Edmund Hillary in January.

Sir Edmund Hillary has been commemorated by the Queen and important dignitaries in a memorial service at Windsor Castle near London.

Male tuatara could face a lonely future as global warming continues to affect New Zealand’s living dinosaurs.

A major revegetation project at Cape Reinga, an ecological hotspot on the tip of New Zealand’s North Island, is returning the land to its natural state – seed by seed.

A New Zealand outdoor clothing company is supporting the country’s 100% Pure image with a novel marketing strategy that’s included the introduction of a ‘baa-code’.

New Zealand farmland made famous in the Lord of the Rings films is being protected as a conservation park.

For the eighth time a dynamic group of international street performers will be hitting the streets of Auckland from 1 to 6 February 2008.

A writer who has spent much of his life working as a mail sorter has won New Zealand's largest literary prize.

Maori have the earliest childhood memories of any culture in New Zealand according to the results of a study just released.

A New Zealand archaeologist has uncovered an untouched "time capsule" of Maori life which dates back almost 200 years.