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Spring fever hits New Zealand in September with feasts and festivals that celebrate new beginnings in everything from wine to wildlife.

Anyone visiting New Zealand in September will get a unique chance to ‘meet the locals,’ Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga, as part of the country’s annual Conservation Week.

New Zealand’s natural beauty, Māori cultural experiences, small towns and main tourist centres have earned high praise in The Lonely Planet’s new guidebook released today.

A New Zealand adrenaline junkie has bungy jumped his way into the Guinness Book of World Records by leaping off the Auckland Harbour Bridge 103 times in 10 hours.

Spring skiing in New Zealand continues throughout September and October giving thrill seekers an extended chance to experience uncrowded fields and the opportunity for off-piste skiing, snowboarding and heli-skiing.

Auckland, New Zealand has been named the top entrepreneurial city in the OECD according to an international survey.

A New Zealand radio engineer who is attempting to break the world record for bungy jumping says he’s fit and ready to begin his marathon leaps off the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

A team of New Zealand gymnasts is to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for forward rolls.

New Zealand’s reputation for agricultural innovation will stretch from the farm to the catwalk at the 2008 Air New Zealand Fashion Week in September.

New Zealand’s oldest immigrant, who’s just turned 103, says he’s still happy with life in New Zealand and uses the internet to keep in touch with his homeland, Britain.