Press Releases

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.

For art lovers after a unique hotel stay, a few nights at Wellington’s iconic Museum Hotel could fit the bill.