Press Releases

Cruising the protected blue waters of New Zealand’s island-studded Bay of Islands has taken on a new dimension with the arrival of the cruise ship 'Ipipiri'.

Times may be challenging but many New Zealanders are still ready to show their big hearts, and next week they will have an official opportunity to do that as the country celebrates a unique goodwill fest.

Readers of one of the world’s most influential travel magazines have named Blanket Bay lodge, near Queenstown, as the best leisure hotel in Australasia and the South Pacific.

A grassroots blogging and social media movement, supporting New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, is gathering major support worldwide with plans to saturate the internet with Kiwi travel content.

New Zealand has laid down the welcome mat with a new campaign to assure travellers that the country is very much open for business, while bloggers throughout the world are extolling the virtues of the destination.

The world’s ‘ultimate sailing experience’ turned 10 this week – and Kiwi inventor Paul Beckett is quietly confident that the blokart will last the distance.

Mouths are watering in anticipation of the annual Bluff Oyster & Food Festival celebrating the seasonal harvest of the succulent shellfish that have made New Zealand’s most southern town world famous.

Major Indian Bollywood producers Dharma Productions will film in Queenstown in late January 2010, putting New Zealand on screen in front of up to 150 million viewers.

Tourism in New Zealand stands to benefit from the spin off of another multi-million dollar Bollywood movie – an Indian remake of The Italian Job that is currently being filmed in Wellington.

Wellington is sizzling with the possibility that a mystery visitor to New Zealand’s film centre could be none other than sexy Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.