Press Releases

A team of New Zealand gymnasts is to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for forward rolls.

Southland shearer Jimmy Clark has smashed a world record after shearing 560 ewes in eight hours.

Cape Kidnappers golf course on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island has been rated as the best in the world by Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Hundreds of homing pigeons are helping to promote aviation history, crossing the Cook Strait to deliver pieces of a billboard.

The hatching of five new chicks has boosted New Zealand’s kakapo population to 91, with two more chicks expected in the coming weeks.

US Amateur Golf Champion Danny Lee, hailed as the next Tiger Woods, has officially become a New Zealander.

Eight New Zealand conservation projects have been named among the top ecological projects in Australasia after an 18-month search by an expert panel.

A New Zealand initiative to establish a World Heritage Starlight Reserve is underway, with 2009 as the goal for the Lake Takapo and Aoraki Mount Cook skies.

Celebrity spotters are out in force in Queenstown with confirmation that Australian actor Hugh Jackman is in town.

The world’s top yachtsmen have begun arriving in New Zealand for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, a friendly summer regatta that will bring top sailing teams together for the first time since the 2007 America’s Cup.