Press Releases

Celebrated Kiwi chef Peter Gordon will be digging deep for Māori New Year this month by combining his Māori roots and fancy kai / food cooking skills at a gourmet hangi to celebrate Matariki.

Matariki will be observed throughout New Zealand this year with home-style and high-profile events bringing families together to celebrate new beginnings.

As New Zealand’s All Whites prepare for their Football World Cup opener against Slovakia early tomorrow morning (16.06.10), Kiwi fans are getting ready for a ‘whiteout’ in support of the team.

Seven of the best-known names in Kiwi rugby will act as ambassadors for New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011.

Kiwis are celebrating one of New Zealand’s greatest sporting moments with the All Whites claiming a historic point to draw 1-1 against Slovakia in the first round of the FIFA World Cup finals.

Listen up Lord of the Rings fans - you too can have Hobbit ears just like Frodo Baggins’ - hand-made and now available from Middle Earth.

Toad, Badger, Rat and Mole are to be brought to life by Weta Workshop of ‘Wellywood’ in a big-screen adaptation of 'The Wind in the Willows'.

Looking for a winter warmer? One of New Zealand’s most popular food festivals, Wellington on a Plate, is back for a second course with mouth-watering culinary offerings to please every palate.

What happens when some of New Zealand’s best-known celebrities go door knocking and get invited in for tea?

Football fans all over New Zealand were up in this morning’s early hours to watch the All Whites draw 1-1 against defending champions Italy, in their second historic 2010 FIFA World Cup clash.