Press Releases

A re-enactment of one of New Zealand’s best known movies 'Good Bye Pork Pie' has raised NZ$120,000 for charity as 37 car loads of mini enthusiasts took a ‘legendary’ road trip through New Zealand.

Hamilton's city streets, in the heart of New Zealand’s largest dairy producing region, will reverberate to the sound of high performance engines when the New Zealand round of the Australian V8 Supercar championships roars into life this weekend.

An ongoing tug-of-war over the true origin of pavlova has been given a diplomatic twist by New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key who’s warned Aussies to keep their hands off iconic Kiwi items.

An 80-year-old New Zealand grandmother who spends summer riding the waves at Piha beach – one of Auckland’s wild west coast beaches – has no intention of giving up her passion for surfing.

Teenage Rotorua golfer, Danny Lee, has become New Zealand’s highest paid athlete after signing a lucrative deal with International Management Group (IMG).

New Zealand’s Rangitāne tribe has finally laid to rest the remains of 60 ancestors unearthed from their original burial ground then reclaimed from Canterbury Museum in the South Island.

Two ancient trees, both celebrities in their respective countries and with twin tales of cultural significance, have been united by a unique tourism initiative between New Zealand and Japan.

A gourmet extravaganza organised by New Zealand celebrity chef Peter Gordon, and involving 13 of the world’s top chefs, has raised NZ$160,000 for the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF).

Three enterprising students, soon to be winging their way from Christchurch in New Zealand’s South Island to Los Angeles to meet US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, are the latest beneficiaries of online social networking.

New Zealand’s Māori King is to lead a delegation to New York to join an official welcome for former NZ prime minister Helen Clark when she takes up her new job with the United Nations.