Press Releases

New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra has won the ‘classical performer of the year’ award at the Variety Club’s annual show business awards in London.

A nine-year-old New Zealand boy has won a major patent prize by inventing an eco-friendly unit that turns food scraps into fertiliser without anyone having to leave the kitchen.

The Nevis Arc New Zealand’s latest extreme adventure activity, said to be the world’s highest swing, has been launched by bungy jumping pioneers, AJ Hackett Bungy.

Fine Hawke’s Bay wines will definitely be on the menu for musical legend Lionel Richie when he headlines at next year’s Mission Estate Winery Concert (February 28, 2009).

More than 1 million people have watched Tourism New Zealand's television commercial 'Youngest Country' on YouTube in the past year.

New Zealand remains a number one destination choice for British travellers and travel industry professionals who’ve just chosen New Zealand as their dream holiday destination in the 2008 British Travel Awards.

The diversity of New Zealand’s cultures and some of the country’s spectacular landscapes feature in a major new movie that’s just hit the silver screen.

Māori performance artists Manaia will help animate New Zealand's giant Rugby Ball during its London season with their music and culture, including haka workshops for British school children.

New Zealand’s clean green sustainable tourism initiatives have been recognised as best in the world at the international Responsible Tourism Awards.

New Zealand’s west coast city of New Plymouth has been named one of best places in the world to live in an environment-based competition endorsed by the United Nations.