Press Releases

Record volunteer numbers, the biggest-ever Kiwi team and the promise of support from a huge home crowd suggest New Zealand’s second hosting of the World Rowing Championships will be another memorable event.

Motueka’s skies will swarm with some of the most amazing skydiving spectacles seen in New Zealand when the 2010 Good Vibes event is held from 18 - 22 August.

Kiwi marathon adventurer Malcolm Law – who last year became the first person in the world to run the equivalent of seven marathons in seven consecutive days – is mounting an even grittier challenge for 2010.

New Zealand is not the first country that springs to mind as a tea grower but a new brew with 100% pure origins is about to line up against the most famous global brands at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas.

A New Zealand fruit grower wants to take a bite out of the global apple industry.

New Zealand is in the grip of a wintry blast that's caused minor disruption on the roads but thrilled the snow sports fraternity who’re currently entertaining some of the world’s elite skiers and snowboarders.

Japanese and New Zealand art works based on ancient traditions share the limelight in the latest exhibition at Dunedin’s award-winning Otago Museum.

A Christchurch chef has got cracking for his favourite charity by creating what’s thought to be the world’s largest pavlova – a 50 square metre expanse of meringue capable of feeding 10,000 people.

The biggest gay alpine party in the southern hemisphere is celebrating its eighth birthday this year in Queenstown, New Zealand’s ‘adventure capital’.

Freedom campers wanting to take advantage of New Zealand’s unspoilt environment are being given a simple message – if there's no toilet, don't camp there.