Press Releases

Snow has been falling thick and fast in New Zealand in an unseasonably early arrival that spells good news for winter sports enthusiasts.

Matariki, the unique cultural festival celebrating the dawning of Māori New Year, will start early this year with the Pleiades star formation due to first appear over New Zealand on 4 June.

Queen's Birthday weekend could see New Zealand’s first major skifield open for the 2009 ski season – Mt Hutt in the South Island is gearing up to launch two weeks ahead of schedule, for the first time in 10 years.

New Zealand’s exclusive Eagles Nest retreat has won recognition as the world’s best ‘luxury coastal hotel’ – at the 2010 World Luxury Hotel Awards in Thailand.

Chocoholics are smacking their lips in anticipation of a Kiwi food festival that’s become an annual family favourite – Dunedin’s Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.

Dunedin could host an international gathering of botanists, horticulturists and conservationists – if a bid to stage a major world conference in the southern New Zealand city is successful.

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.

South Island city Dunedin will be transformed into a high fashion boutique, when a collection of vintage couture clothing is showcase during iD Dunedin Fashion Week.

The cooler climes of Otago in New Zealand’s South Island are perfectly suited to growing rhododendrons and every year, when the blooms are at their best, the city of Dunedin celebrates with a special festival.

Spring is a prime time for garden enthusiasts and the combination of climate, creative planting, centuries of nurturing and a picturesque backdrop make Dunedin’s Rhododendron Festival a highlight event on New Zealand calendar.