Press Releases

Canadian visitors now have the option of flying directly to New Zealand in a new service offered by Air New Zealand.

An 86-year-old Wellington nun, who set up a community garden scheme, has been voted New Zealand's Gardener of the Year.

In a rare and very special move the public are being invited to get up close and personal with one of New Zealand’s most colourful and rare birds.

A family of New Zealand’s more curious insects has moved into an Auckland luxury hotel.

A fledgling bi-cultural partnership will open the door to unique cultural experiences in the traditional home of Pounamu (New Zealand greenstone) – the West Coast of the South Island.

A New Zealand radio engineer who is attempting to break the world record for bungy jumping says he’s fit and ready to begin his marathon leaps off the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt loves New Zealand.

While big Kiwis celebrate New Zealand Conservation Week, the country’s smallest and most endangered species – of the feathered kind – are enjoying a momentous occasion.

Two acclaimed New Zealand lodges - Martinborough’s Wharekauhau Country Estate, and Rotorua’s Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Experience - have collected new international honours in the prestigious Condé Nast (USA) Traveler Readers Choice Awards 2008.

Readers of the highly acclaimed Condé Nast Traveller magazine rated New Zealand as their favourite country in the world as part of the 2008 Reader’s Travel Awards.