It’s 25 years since Kiwi inventor and marine explorer Kelly Tarlton created an underwater adventure that has become one of New Zealand’s best known tourist attractions.
New Zealand has a reputation for world-leading gay rights so when a couple of rare birds of the same sex teamed up in a shared parenting role, no one was too fazed.
Despite global recession and ensuing challenges in 2009, New Zealand has sustained its position as a high profile destination bringing in the tourists and notching up many international awards to prove it.
Ground-breaking New Zealand technology will be showcased around the world this weekend as Avatar – Hollywood producer James Cameron’s latest cinematic experience opens to international movie audiences.
It might sound like a golfer's pipe dream but a plan by two young Kiwi lawyers to travel the world playing a different golf course every day in 2010, has more behind it than pure indulgence.