Press Releases

Listen up Lord of the Rings fans - you too can have Hobbit ears just like Frodo Baggins’ - hand-made and now available from Middle Earth.

Kiwis are celebrating one of New Zealand’s greatest sporting moments with the All Whites claiming a historic point to draw 1-1 against Slovakia in the first round of the FIFA World Cup finals.

Seven of the best-known names in Kiwi rugby will act as ambassadors for New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011.

As New Zealand’s All Whites prepare for their Football World Cup opener against Slovakia early tomorrow morning (16.06.10), Kiwi fans are getting ready for a ‘whiteout’ in support of the team.

Matariki will be observed throughout New Zealand this year with home-style and high-profile events bringing families together to celebrate new beginnings.

Celebrated Kiwi chef Peter Gordon will be digging deep for Māori New Year this month by combining his Māori roots and fancy kai / food cooking skills at a gourmet hangi to celebrate Matariki.

The world’s ‘ultimate sailing experience’ turned 10 this week – and Kiwi inventor Paul Beckett is quietly confident that the blokart will last the distance.

A pre-dawn gathering on a New Zealand East Coast beach will be first to witness Matariki rising and the dawning of Māori New Year - at the same location that’s famously first in the world to see the sun.

Dunedin will transform into the ‘city of lights’ on 26 June 2010 – when more than 250 hand-made lanterns line the streets marking New Zealand’s midwinter.

A treasure trove of long-lost American silent films from the early 20th century is slowly making its way back to the US – after being discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington.