Press Releases

Two multi-talented New Zealand Māori artists are about to make their mark in the US – by becoming artists-in-residence at a prestigious Washington university.

New Zealand’s All Whites have taken the first step towards Football World Cup glory, winning against favourites Serbia at an international warm-up match in Austria.

When the New Zealand Māori rugby team runs out on to the field next week the players will be sporting a 100-year heritage on their shoulders – a new black jersey that recalls the team’s illustrious history.

Strong demand for tickets has Rugby World Cup 2011 organisers in New Zealand in a positive spin.

Kiwi chefs will work magic with Māori ingredients and wild foods at the 13th Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge – whipping up dishes of wild game, seafood and indigenous plants to spice up adventurous palates.

The first New Zealand ski field of the season is set to open tomorrow morning (5.06.2010) – just in time for the long Queen’s Birthday weekend.

A treasure trove of long-lost American silent films from the early 20th century is slowly making its way back to the US – after being discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington.

Dunedin will transform into the ‘city of lights’ on 26 June 2010 – when more than 250 hand-made lanterns line the streets marking New Zealand’s midwinter.

A pre-dawn gathering on a New Zealand East Coast beach will be first to witness Matariki rising and the dawning of Māori New Year - at the same location that’s famously first in the world to see the sun.

The world’s ‘ultimate sailing experience’ turned 10 this week – and Kiwi inventor Paul Beckett is quietly confident that the blokart will last the distance.