Press Releases

Acclaimed Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro is moving to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington to take a journey back to Middle-earth, directing The Hobbit movie and its sequel for the next four years.

Te Papa’s colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea and gifted to the museum in 2007, is scheduled for defrosting and examination on 30 April 2008.

Movie fans will soon be invited in for a glimpse into the world of Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, Weta Workshop.

Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt loves New Zealand.

For the first time in 30,000 years, scientists have simulated Neanderthal voices – and it’s a similar sound to the New Zealand accent!

A 93 year old movie, restored by Peter Jackson’s company, is screening in the lead up to ANZAC day on 25 April.

A themed Air New Zealand flight from Sydney to Queenstown on 27 June will give this year’s American Express Queenstown Winter Festival a flying start.

As New Zealand gears up for this year’s Matariki celebrations, the significance of Maori New Year is attracting increased international awareness.

From school children to the Prime Minister, New Zealanders throughout the country are gearing up for World Environment Day showing strong loyalty to the commitment that won the country the hosting rights.

New Zealand farmland made famous in the Lord of the Rings films is being protected as a conservation park.