Press Releases

Rowing champions will take more than memories home from the 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand – each gold medallist will receive a treasured pounamu taonga / treasure as a gift from local Māori.

A refurbished Eden Park reopened yesterday (10.10.2010), and more than 18,000 rugby fans helped mark the huge milestone for the historic Auckland sports ground.

New Zealand celebrity jeweller Michael Hill is on a quest to find the world’s best couple – offering as the grand prize a diamond engagement ring of massive proportions.

More cruise ships than ever are visiting New Zealand – with the number of passenger arrivals set to almost double by the 2011/2012 season.

Adventure-loving backpackers wanting to get a taste of what Sir Edmund Hillary would call “base camp” can now bunk down in style at the foot of Aoraki Mount Cook, in New Zealand’s South Island.

The Queenstown company credited with launching commercial tandem skydiving in New Zealand has turned 20, and is celebrating becoming a multi-award winning thrill-provider for more than 170,000 high flyers.

Traditional and contemporary Maori kai and ‘outside the square’ wildfood are the focus of Kai in the Bay, a new indigenous food festival set in the Hawke’s Bay region of the North Island.

Tickets for New Zealand’s premier wine, food and music event – Toast Martinborough – are about to go on sale with organisers bracing themselves for a repeat of last year when 10,000 sold out in just 13 minutes.

The clock is ticking for Rugby World Cup fans as the ballots for tickets to the semi-finals and final gets ready to close on 5pm, Friday (08.10.10).

Two young female backpackers are aiming to walk the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa - a foot trail opening soon which will span the entire country.