Press Releases

The Auckland Art Fair, on from 18-20 May 2007, will showcase the best selection of Australasian contemporary art ever exhibited in New Zealand.

The Kiwi Encounter centre in Rotorua has reached a milestone by hatching the 100th Kiwi chick for the 2006/2007 season.

Canadian visitors now have the option of flying directly to New Zealand in a new service offered by Air New Zealand.

The Hukawai Glacier Centre, complete with its 10 metre high indoor ice-climbing wall, opens to the public on 1 March 2007.

A major milestone has been reached for the royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head, after the 500th chick hatched on 26 January 2007.

An ornate taua waka (war canoe) is being shipped from Auckland to Valencia to mark the official handover of the America’s Cup from the previous host city of the Cup to the new host city.

A lahar is due to occur as early February or March 2007 on Mount Ruapehu, one of the most active of around 30 crater lake volcanoes in the world.

Zealous rugby fans are getting their crazy attire ready for one of the biggest rugby events of the year, the IRB Sevens World Series. It attracts 34,500 people and guarantees a carnival atmosphere.

Little Barrier Island, one of New Zealand's premier nature reserves, will become home to 60 free roaming tuatara.

Renowned travel guide Lonely Planet has once again ranked New Zealand in the top ten travel destinations in the world.