Press Releases

Dunedin could host an international gathering of botanists, horticulturists and conservationists – if a bid to stage a major world conference in the southern New Zealand city is successful.

An adventurous Kiwi airline pilot is about to embark on the ride of a lifetime – from London to Auckland on a jetski.

New Zealand will kick some good natured sporting rivalry into touch when Sydney welcomes Tourism New Zealand’s giant rugby ball next month (September 2010).

He’s smaller than usual and he’s had his struggles, but Piwi the kiwi has become the latest chapter in an unfolding story of Kiwi ingenuity.

Three members of a New Zealand family have taken top awards in the country’s biggest food competition proving they can make pies better than 4333 other bakers.

Not for the faint-hearted, the World Heli Challenge in Wanaka is considered the most exotic snow-based event on the planet and brings the world’s top snowboarders and skiers to New Zealand for the “ultimate challenge”.

Wellington is sizzling with the possibility that a mystery visitor to New Zealand’s film centre could be none other than sexy Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.

A novel dealing with the history of the Chinese people in New Zealand has been shortlisted for a prestigious Australian literary award.

A London-based New Zealand designer is making a name for herself as a ‘jeweller to the stars’.

Willowbank’s newest residents are just a little on the porky side – but that’s not worrying rangers who are excited about the latest arrivals at the Christchurch - New Zealand animal sanctuary.