Press Releases

The England Cricket team has arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand for their comprehensive two month tour of the country.

New Zealand’s rare kakapo will get an injection of hope this summer with the first ever programme of artificial insemination.

An innovative solution to save an endangered bird during a major roading project in Auckland has had remarkable results.

Kakapo, tuatara, kiwi and other unique New Zealand wildlife will be the stars in an episode of a major new television series by British writer and actor Stephen Fry.

New Zealand’s first authentic Chinese garden – only the third outside of China and the first in the Southern Hemisphere – has officially opened in the South Island city of Dunedin.

Zealous rugby fans are getting their crazy attire ready for one of the biggest rugby events of the year, the 2008 round of the IRB Sevens World Series.

A summer art exhibition that combines dramatic outdoor sculpture with spectacular coastal scenery – all in a short ferry ride from Auckland – has opened to the public for a three week season.

New Zealand tourists keen to swim with dolphins but put off by cool water temperatures, especially in winter, can breathe a sigh of relief.

Moko the dolphin, has saved two pygmy sperm whales from certain death on the East Coast of New Zealand.

Kiwi Scott Dixon's Indy 500 win has placed him alongside some of New Zealand's greatest sportspeople.