Press Releases

A New Zealand actor has been crowned with the lead role in an eagerly awaited movie about Prince William and Kate Middleton’s fairytale romance.

Kiwi Experience, the New Zealand tour company that pioneered the hop-on hop-off bus network for backpackers, has won a significant Australasian tourism award.

Kiwi 'savs' are making a big impression across the ditch, according to wine sales figures from Australia.

Some call it the “flightless national bore” and others a “biological oddity” but New Zealand’s iconic bird, the kiwi, has topped polls to become NZ Bird of the Year

Rugby World Cup visitors will leave New Zealand with two words – kia ora – firmly embedded in their vocabulary, if the Māori culture-rich region of Rotorua has its way.

Tim Taylor, the 23-year-old kayaker who is attempting to make history by completing the first continuous solo circumnavigation of New Zealand, reckons he will get to see his country like no-one else ever has before.

Glow worms, great food, black water rafting and bungy jumping have left US pop star Katy Perry raving, and in love with New Zealand after her first visit.

Katikati – a small New Zealand coastal town with a proud rugby history – has launched itself as a rugby destination by erecting a bigger-than-life rugby ball as a tourist attraction.

A striking photographic portrait of a New Zealand kakapo parrot – one of the rarest and most at-risk bird species on earth – has swooped up first prize in an international competition.

Swimming with dolphins off New Zealand’s rugged South Island coast of Kaikoura has been ranked amongst the top 10 most thrilling experiences in the world, by 'Lonely Planet'.