Press Releases

The small New Zealand town of Te Kuiti will soon be overrun with thousands of sheep charging down the main street.

New Zealand’s newest luxury hotel, the Westin Auckland at Lighter Quay, opened its doors on 18 June 2007 – the first five-star property to open in Auckland for two years.

America’s popular reality TV show bachelor says he’s found true love in New Zealand – and he’s not just talking about his quest for a female companion.

New Zealand is a destination which always delivers, according to 25,000 readers of the UK Daily Telegraph, who have just voted New Zealand one of their favourite destinations on earth.

Teen singing sensation Miley Ray Cyrus has appeared on the hit show American Idol wearing clothes from a New Zealand fashion designer.

International yachting teams have raced to submit entries for the new Louis Vuitton Pacific Series to be sailed in Auckland – New Zealand’s ‘city of sails’ – in February 2009.

New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, has a huge new treat in store for squid lovers, a world-first colossal squid exhibition due to open in Wellington this Saturday (13.12.08).

A highly skilled performance has won Auckland’s Māori performing arts group Te Waka Huia, the supreme award at New Zealand’s annual Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival for the fourth time.

A little bit of Beijing is getting a Kiwi makeover as New Zealand’s Olympic team prepares for the games.

Tourists at the Tasman Glacier terminal face, in Aoraki Mount Cook national park, witnessed a three-metre high wave as a giant iceberg plunged from the glacier into the terminal lake on Tuesday (10.02.09).