Press Releases

Movie fans and tourists keen for an insight into the workings of Weta, New Zealand’s Academy Award-wining visual effects studio, are already flocking to the company’s new showcase – ‘Weta Cave’.

A cold southerly storm has blown good fortune over New Zealand’s ski fields providing the perfect start to the ski season.

A New Zealand adventure tour company is claiming a world first with a bus that runs on used cooking oil.

A moving film that became a personal journey for award winning New Zealand director Vincent Ward has had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.

An idea that began with a toasted sandwich maker in a New Zealand kitchen could provide the answer to one of the world's biggest environmental problems.

A world-leading system for controlling avalanches which was developed in the South Island region of Fiordland has been nominated for a major international award.

A New Zealand-based astronomy organisation has discovered a tiny star with its own planet slightly larger than Earth, 3000 light years away.

Members of Sir Edmund Hillary’s family have been carrying on the good work of the legendary Kiwi explorer since his death earlier this year.

One of the founders of bungy jumping, New Zealand entrepreneur Henry van Asch has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday awards for his services to tourism.

Fans of the Chronicles of Narnia films now have the chance to examine behind the scenes detail with the launch of a new book by the New Zealand special effects company Weta Workshops.