Press Releases

New Zealand and the Republic of Korea have signed a film co-production agreement that will strengthen screen industry partnerships between the two countries.

New Zealand wines have won a record 11 gold medals at the 2008 International Wine and Spirit Competition in London.

New Zealand’s native parrot the kakariki and syrah wine may, on the face of it, have little in common but a mutually beneficial arrangement is about to make the release of one help fund the release of the other.

New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, already claiming to be the world’s most environmentally responsible airline, has announced another batch of new initiatives towards sustainable air travel.

One of New Zealand’s best known entertainers, Rob Guest, has died in Melbourne.

Move over bungy, a local volunteer group from the Manawatu town of Foxton, in the lower North Island, wants to introduce New Zealand’s latest extreme sporting thrill – a spin on the blades of the town’s landmark windmill.

New Zealand singer Will Martin has become the youngest tenor in musical history to reach #1 in the British classical charts.

Kiwi skateboarder Rob Thomson has completed an epic solo skateboard journey through three continents that began in Switzerland and finished in Shanghai.

New Zealand’s picturesque southern Lake Benmore, in the central South Island, will be recast as the Sea of Galilee in a new major film project set to begin production soon.

In another Mount Everest first, New Zealand skydiver Wendy Smith was one of three dare-devil skydivers to make the first ever solo parachute jump over the world’s highest peak.