Press Releases

New Zealand yachties are excelling in home waters as the Auckland Festival of Sail moves into its second phase with the start of racing in the Louis Vuitton Series.

Attention-seeking celebrity dolphin Moko is basking in a fresh round of stardom in his new home waters at Whakatane, on New Zealand’s North Island east coast.

A young Croatian fashion designer has won the iD Emerging Designer Award – held in Dunedin, in New Zealand’s South Island, as part of 2010 iD Fashion Week.

Thirty-three years after his father became the first person to row across the Tasman, Shaun Quincey arrived on New Zealand’s 90 Mile beach - completing a 54-day row from Australia.

‘Getting back to nature’ took on new meaning when thousands turned out for the iconic Hokitika Wildfoods Festival – New Zealand’s wildest foodie event – on 13 March.

Kiwi musos are singing New Zealand’s praises in Australia for a new tourism campaign targeting young Aussie travellers.

A huge albatross that crash-landed in a Wellington, New Zealand, backyard last week is back in the air and hopefully winging her way home.

Kiwi backyard inventor Rudy Heeman is NZ$27,500 richer after his creation – the hoverwing, went under the virtual hammer on New Zealand auction site TradeMe.

Prominent Kiwi photographer Marti Friedlander has gifted a priceless art collection to Te Papa – New Zealand’s national museum.

Aucklanders are enjoying a sailing extravaganza on and off the water - with the America’s Cup silver trophy in town along with many of the world’s top sailors who’ve competed for it.