Press Releases

With 85,000 international visitors in the country, Rugby World Cup will showcase New Zealand to a global audience of discerning travellers – and, away from the rugby field, it’s Kiwi food and wine that’s likely to attract the most sustained interest.

One of New Zealand’s smaller South Island ski-fields, Ohau in the Mackenzie Country, is the second-time recipient of a supreme award for hospitality and expertise in tourism operation.

Scientists plan to search a lake in New Zealand’s volcanic region for traces of the long lost Pink and White Terraces - famed as the eighth wonder of the world before being buried a volcanic eruption.

It’s called the silly season and no wonder! While most Kiwis celebrate Christmas in a traditional way, the summer sun and pending holidays sometimes incite out-of-the-ordinary festive behaviour in New Zealand.

A fleet of traditional vaka canoes will leave New Zealand next week to sail across the Pacific, re-enacting one of the world’s greatest migrations.

New Zealand-born Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe is the 2404th star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood Boulevard.

A South Island restaurant that began in the paddock of a family farm has just been named restaurant of the year in the Cuisine New Zealand annual awards.

After witnessing a top Super 14 rugby team taking on the Royal New Zealand Ballet on the turf, Kiwis are wondering what's coming next in the rugby world.

Winning or losing aside ... off the field and away from the pressures, New Zealand’s great outdoors has provided some amazing experiences for Rugby World Cup players between matches.

While the big name Rugby World Cup teams are beginning to arrive in New Zealand – Fiji yesterday, England, Japan and France tomorrow (31.08.2011) – there’s another team flying in under the radar that’s also destined to turn heads.