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Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt loves New Zealand.

For the first time in 30,000 years, scientists have simulated Neanderthal voices – and it’s a similar sound to the New Zealand accent!

A 93 year old movie, restored by Peter Jackson’s company, is screening in the lead up to ANZAC day on 25 April.

A themed Air New Zealand flight from Sydney to Queenstown on 27 June will give this year’s American Express Queenstown Winter Festival a flying start.

As New Zealand gears up for this year’s Matariki celebrations, the significance of Maori New Year is attracting increased international awareness.

From school children to the Prime Minister, New Zealanders throughout the country are gearing up for World Environment Day showing strong loyalty to the commitment that won the country the hosting rights.

New Zealand farmland made famous in the Lord of the Rings films is being protected as a conservation park.

The Rimu tree could hold the key to saving New Zealand’s endangered kakapo bird.

The new-generation nappy is the way forward, according to a group of New Zealand women.

The hatching of five new chicks has boosted New Zealand’s kakapo population to 91, with two more chicks expected in the coming weeks.