Press Releases

The world’s largest Polynesian city, Auckland, comes alive in a colourful island-style celebration this weekend with the annual Pasifika Festival at Western Springs Park.

Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour is hosting a celebrity line-up – not all famous yachties – during the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series races on the Hauraki Gulf.

High tea has taken on a whole new meaning in New Zealand with the country’s world famous tree house restaurant now serving afternoon tea to cope with demand.

Queenstown-based designer Claire Brinsley’s first fashion range has been launched overseas by an exclusive UK boutique.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality will be put to a unique test next week as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ continues his goal of making it around the globe relying solely on goodwill.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality is being put to the ultimate test as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ tweets his way south to his final destination.

A moving film that became a personal journey for award winning New Zealand director Vincent Ward has had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.

Tributes are flowing in from around the world for Sir Edmund Hillary who has died at the age of 88.

Suspended 10 metres up a giant redwood tree and struggling to cope with a flood of bookings, New Zealand’s world-first Yellow Treehouse restaurant opened for business today (9 Jan 2009).

Most New Zealand backyards have a tree hut in some form or other and many budding architects cut their teeth designing the perfect hideout, but grownups can now look forward to reliving their childhood in a real tree house restaurant.