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Looking for a peaceful life? Then New Zealand is the place to be - and that’s official. The country has just been ranked the most peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index.

New Zealand’s Christchurch International Airport has gone carbon neutral, making it the second airport company in the world to do so after Stockholm's LVF.

Kiwi music is celebrating the 10th anniversary of New Zealand Music Month.

A 12 year old Tampa refugee who has spoken English for less than six years has been judged New Zealand's third-best speller.

New Zealand has won another major world travel award– this time the country’s Southern Lakes have topped a list of 100 global destinations voted by members of the world’s largest online travel community.

New Zealand has taken the title of Top Country for the second year running in the Wanderlust awards in the UK.

A New Zealand artist whose work included a Maori version of the London Tube map has managed to break into the lucrative British market with an exhibition sell out.

New Zealand’s global rating as a top spot has been given another boost with two of the country’s bars making it onto a list of the best 100 in the world.

New Zealand's own thanksgiving festival is in full swing as the country celebrates Matariki or Maori New Year.

It was a sentimental New Zealand national Waitangi Day on Saturday (6.02.10), as New Zealanders gathered to celebrate a day of nationhood and togetherness.