Press Releases

New Zealand’s newest adventure attraction, the Shweeb Velodrome, will open in Rotorua in late August 2007.

A record number of international entries feature in this year’s Montana WearableArt (WOW) Awards Show.

A New Zealand initiative to establish a World Heritage Starlight Reserve is underway, with 2009 as the goal for the Lake Takapo and Aoraki Mount Cook skies.

The annual Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival will feature almost 50 private and public gardens.

From early 2008, passengers on Air New Zealand flights will be invited to pay a few extra dollars to offset their carbon footprint.

The phrase 'shaken not stirred' will take on a whole new meaning when some of the world’s top bartenders gather in Queenstown in September for the Olympics of the cocktail world.

Come September 2007, the whole of New Zealand will be buzzing with action as the Spring Festival begins.

The stage is set and the designers chosen for seventh annual Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2007.

New Zealand’s newest luxury hotel, the Westin Auckland at Lighter Quay, opened its doors on 18 June 2007 – the first five-star property to open in Auckland for two years.

Three unique cultural sites in New Zealand are being considered on UNESCO’s tentative list for World Heritage Sites.