Press Releases

The most valuable collection of paintings to ever visit New Zealand will be on display at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum in 2009.

Ancient New Zealand Tuatara have broken records for DNA evolution - despite being slow to grow and reproduce and having a sluggish metabolism.

International tourist spending in New Zealand is up five percent on the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.

New Zealand's greatest hero - Sir Edmund Hillary has died at the age of 88.

Another young Kiwi ‘popera’ singer will prove New Zealand’s got talent too when she teams up with Britain’s legendary TV talent show discovery, Paul Potts, on his Australasian tour next month.

A science researcher is convinced New Zealand’s extinct Moa birds are alive and living in bush in the middle of the North Island.

Movie fans will soon be invited in for a glimpse into the world of Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, Weta Workshop.

New Zealand's iconic 'living dinosaurs' have just had their numbers trebled on the country's mainland thanks to a successful conservation programme.

The new-generation nappy is the way forward, according to a group of New Zealand women.

More proof that New Zealand is a destination for the young and old.