Press Releases

The most valuable collection of paintings to ever visit New Zealand will be on display at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum in 2009.

On a remote stretch of beach on the Chatham Islands, researchers have unearthed the oldest known bird fossils from New Zealand.

An on line US golf publication has put a positive new spin on New Zealand as an ideal golfing destination.

One of New Zealand's most significant inventors has died. Colin Murdoch can lay claim to having revolutionised medical and veterinary science.

Further success for Kiwi folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords - their first full length album has scored a stunning debut on the US Pop charts.

New Zealand has won another major world travel award– this time the country’s Southern Lakes have topped a list of 100 global destinations voted by members of the world’s largest online travel community.

Salmon lollipops and truffle eggs in mini ice-cream cones will tempt New Zealand’s Prime Minister and other guests at the opening of Savour NZ - a three day culinary extravaganza in Auckland this weekend.

Acclaimed Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro is moving to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington to take a journey back to Middle-earth, directing The Hobbit movie and its sequel for the next four years.

Te Papa’s colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea and gifted to the museum in 2007, is scheduled for defrosting and examination on 30 April 2008.

Movie fans will soon be invited in for a glimpse into the world of Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, Weta Workshop.