Press Releases

New Zealand’s Northland region is enjoying the international tourism spotlight having won a series of significant awards for the best coastline, dive spot and luxury lodges in the world.

Zealandia – the native wildlife sanctuary in the heart of Wellington city that’s home to some of New Zealand’s most endangered species – has won a significant award for responsible tourism.

A camera has captured a rare close encounter with nature – a spyhopping dolphin in New Zealand waters that has created one tourist’s never-to-be-forgotten travel experience.

Re-enacting one of New Zealand’s historic mountaineering missions will pit old against new when two intrepid Kiwi adventurers set off next week to tackle Aoraki Mount Cook in the Southern Alps.

The Martin Jetpack, a New Zealand invention that is close to realising man’s dream of conquering personal flight, has made 'Time' magazine’s Top 50 Best Inventions List.

A New Zealand short film that tells a tale from the WWI trenches has won top honours – for the second time – in an international festival for animation and digital media.

Scientists plan to search a lake in New Zealand’s volcanic region for traces of the long lost Pink and White Terraces - famed as the eighth wonder of the world before being buried a volcanic eruption.

New Zealand’s largest off-grid solar power system has been activated on the island of Motutapu in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf – another chapter in the sanctuary’s environmental success story.

While the world speculates on the forthcoming royal wedding, the New Zealand tourism industry has plenty to say about why Prince William and Kate Middleton should opt for a Kiwi-style honeymoon.

The first of New Zealand’s ‘Great Rides’ – a national cycle trail project showcasing some of the country’s most spectacular cycling destinations – will open tomorrow (20.11.2010).