Press Releases

New Zealand scientists have discovered a bacterium that may help to counter global warming.

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

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.

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

The New Zealand Open will celebrate 100 years of existence at the new venue of The Hills Golf Club, near Queenstown in November.

New Zealand has hit out at British celebrity Heather Mills over her claims that eating meat and dairy products is contributing to global warming.

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.

The world's best bottled water comes from New Zealand, according to a survey bya British magazine.

Never mind New York, look out London and step aside Sydney, because New Zealand is fast emerging as the coolest destination to visit.