Press Releases

New Zealand will further its bid to create the world’s first World Heritage Starlight Reserve above the South Island’s Mackenzie country, with a delegation to Brazil this week.

Kiwis love pies – they’re an iconic national food – but spare a thought for judges of this year’s bid to find New Zealand’s top pie baker as they chomp through a record 4336 entries.

An inspired ‘steampunk’ design has won New Zealand artist Yolanda Bartram first place at the 2010 World Body Painting Festival in Austria.

A party of mountain-loving New Zealanders is carrying on Sir Edmund Hillary’s torch – an ongoing friendship between Kiwis and the Sherpas of Nepal – by helping foster a quiet revolution on the side of Mount Everest.

Willowbank’s newest residents are just a little on the porky side – but that’s not worrying rangers who are excited about the latest arrivals at the Christchurch - New Zealand animal sanctuary.

A London-based New Zealand designer is making a name for herself as a ‘jeweller to the stars’.

A novel dealing with the history of the Chinese people in New Zealand has been shortlisted for a prestigious Australian literary award.

Wellington is sizzling with the possibility that a mystery visitor to New Zealand’s film centre could be none other than sexy Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.

Not for the faint-hearted, the World Heli Challenge in Wanaka is considered the most exotic snow-based event on the planet and brings the world’s top snowboarders and skiers to New Zealand for the “ultimate challenge”.

Three members of a New Zealand family have taken top awards in the country’s biggest food competition proving they can make pies better than 4333 other bakers.