Press Releases

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.

New Zealand’s stunning landscapes and huge pool of highly skilled film professionals have earned the country more than $NZ915 million in the last five years.

Two acclaimed New Zealand lodges - Martinborough’s Wharekauhau Country Estate, and Rotorua’s Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Experience - have collected new international honours in the prestigious Condé Nast (USA) Traveler Readers Choice Awards 2008.

Race yachting teams for the Team New Zealand-hosted Louis Vuitton Pacific Series were announced in Paris today (November 6).

Passengers flying with Air New Zealand can now arrive at their destination looking fresh and stylish thanks to help from UK television style guru Gok Wan.

Adventure tourism pioneers AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch tandem jumped for joy as they celebrated 20 years of adrenalin thrills at Queenstown’s Kawarau Bridge yesterday (12.11.08).