Press Releases

From Middle-earth to Minnesota, Manchester, Mumbai and everywhere in-between, J.R.R. Tolkien fans around the world are all a-Twitter as the stars line up to appear in The Hobbit.

New Zealand’s renowned coffee culture is being popularised in Britain with one of the world’s largest café chains adding the Kiwi ‘flat white’ to its menu.

Legendary former Springbok rugby player Percy Montgomery has taken a huge leap of faith in New Zealand where yesterday (6.07.2010) he jumped off Auckland’s iconic Sky Tower.

On the crest of a bumper winter sports season, fresh snow falls and clear days are providing good conditions for skiers and snowboarders as New Zealand shifts into spring gear.

Snow sport enthusiasts are taking to the Canterbury hills to make the most of spring snows and escape the rumblings following the recent earthquake.

New Zealand’s top achieving sports women have been honoured in the country’s premier awards with world champion shot-putter Valerie Vili and the Evers-Swindell rowing twins taking the main prizes.

Rainbow Springs, Rotorua – one of New Zealand’s oldest conservation parks – has opened a thrilling new family-friendly eco-experience designed to entertain and educate visitors about conservation and sustainability.

Iconic South Island rugby fields are the subject of a photography exhibition at Christchurch International Airport that will be on show during Rugby World Cup 2011.

After three days of extreme exploits, American freeskier Ted Davenport, of Aspen (Colorado), has raced away with top honours at the World Heli Challenge in New Zealand.

An intimate collection of the stories behind some of New Zealand’s most treasured songs has been published in a commemorative book released in time for NZ Music month – May 2009.