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A pre-dawn gathering on a New Zealand East Coast beach will be first to witness Matariki rising and the dawning of Māori New Year - at the same location that’s famously first in the world to see the sun.

Anyone visiting New Zealand in September will get a unique chance to ‘meet the locals,’ Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga, as part of the country’s annual Conservation Week.

Acclaimed Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro is moving to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington to take a journey back to Middle-earth, directing The Hobbit movie and its sequel for the next four years.

Operation Nest Egg (ONE) is celebrating the arrival of its 1000th kiwi chick.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound is now third in the global race to find the world’s ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ - thanks to enthusiastic on-line voters.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound has moved up the rankings in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ as on-line voters help to heat up competition.

They’ve been thrilling visitors for 40 years at one of New Zealand’s most picturesque locations in a world famous Kiwi invention - and now Queenstown’s Shotover jet has three million people to share the story.

Forget tractors, lawn mowers and fuel ... a New Zealand winegrower has discovered an environmentally-friendly – and cute-as – answer to controlling the growth beneath his vines.

Mini car enthusiasts are planning to celebrate the iconic model’s 50th birthday with a commemorative New Zealand road trip – from one end to the other – based on one of the country’s best known movies.

A re-enactment of one of New Zealand’s best known movies 'Good Bye Pork Pie' has raised NZ$120,000 for charity as 37 car loads of mini enthusiasts took a ‘legendary’ road trip through New Zealand.