Press Releases

New Zealand’s Huka Lodge in Taupo has received another prestigious award for excellence - this time for maintaining consistently high standards for 25 years.

'Boy' - the second feature film by New Zealand director Taika Waititi - is apparently the talk of the Sundance Film Festival.

All the world’s a stage and top international buskers are keeping New Zealand entertained during a series of summer-time busking festivals.

Five aspiring young film-makers from the US, South America, Australia and New Zealand are preparing to launch out on their first ‘big break’.

New Zealand’s premier golfing event, the 92nd Michael Hill New Zealand Open championship tees off at the picturesque ‘The Hills’ course in Arrowtown, near Queenstown, on 28 January.

New Zealand’s input into the latest Hollywood blockbuster 'Avatar' is well documented but few people know that the alien language spoken in the movie is based on Māori.

Kiwi pop star Ladyhawke has continued her meteoric flight to international fame with nomination in the 2010 Brit Awards – the British version of the Grammys.

New Zealand has become the centre of the surfing world with the official opening of the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships at Piha beach on Auckland’s west coast.

British fashion guru Zandra Rhodes, who will be guest designer at the 2010 iD Dunedin Fashion Week (8 – 14 March), is looking forward to seeing the work of New Zealand’s emerging designers.

Prince William has expressed sadness on leaving New Zealand after a tour where he was treated as a chief by the Māori people, immersed in local culture, and became the first royal to have an official visit tracked on social networking sites.