Press Releases

An outlandish stunt has created ballooning history, high above the New Zealand countryside.

Winning the bid to host America’s top travel writers for their annual conference in 2011 is a coup for New Zealand tourism, Associate Minister of Tourism Dr Jonathan Coleman announced today.

Most New Zealand backyards have a tree hut in some form or other and many budding architects cut their teeth designing the perfect hideout, but grownups can now look forward to reliving their childhood in a real tree house restaurant.

Suspended 10 metres up a giant redwood tree and struggling to cope with a flood of bookings, New Zealand’s world-first Yellow Treehouse restaurant opened for business today (9 Jan 2009).

Tributes are flowing in from around the world for Sir Edmund Hillary who has died at the age of 88.

A moving film that became a personal journey for award winning New Zealand director Vincent Ward has had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.

Travel media and operators not at New Zealand’s largest international tourism business event TRENZ will be able to keep up with an internet blog that will be coming live from this website.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality is being put to the ultimate test as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ tweets his way south to his final destination.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality will be put to a unique test next week as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ continues his goal of making it around the globe relying solely on goodwill.

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