Press Releases

Newly-weds Gaynor Halpin and Barry Grounds went to extraordinary lengths to make their wedding day something special - they flew 19,000km (12,000 miles) to say "I do" in a traditional Māori waka (canoe).

After witnessing a top Super 14 rugby team taking on the Royal New Zealand Ballet on the turf, Kiwis are wondering what's coming next in the rugby world.

Hollywood superstar Ashton Kutcher and humble Kiwi bloke Rudy Heeman have something in common - the hoverwing.

As calm, autumn conditions over New Zealand create the ideal opportunity for balloonists to view golden landscapes from on high, two major ballooning events are preparing to take to the skies.

Chefs and stallholders are planning to cook up a storm at this year’s annual Havelock Mussel Festival – a tasty celebration of the New Zealand green shell mussel.

Never mind the New Zealand government’s pending national cycleway, a couple of cycling Americans in their seventies have already created the Great Southern Cycle Route.

Beach lovers can bid a final hurrah to summer with two challenging outdoor events, based entirely around the sand and surf of 90 Mile Beach, in New Zealand’s Far North.

The world’s largest Pacific festival - bringing together New Zealand’s multi-cultural community in a vibrant, island-style celebration - has expanded for 2010.

Sculptor Michael Parekowhai has been named as New Zealand’s artist ambassador to the 2011 Venice Biennale.

Summer drought conditions in the New Zealand's Northland region are causing strife for the local kiwi population.