Press Releases

New Zealand’s Auckland Town Hall has resonated to some sweet sounds in its 100-year history, and the latest buzz involves a group of busy locals who seem set to stick around for a while.

The first glimpse of Te Wao Nui – a major new ecological project at Auckland Zoo and the biggest development in the city attraction’s history – will be offered to visitors to celebrate World Environment Day.

Hagley Park in Christchurch will become a giant fan zone and festival area during Rugby World Cup 2011 providing a central venue for rugby-mad Cantabrians and visitors keen to be part of the major event.

They’ve been thrilling visitors for 40 years at one of New Zealand’s most picturesque locations in a world famous Kiwi invention - and now Queenstown’s Shotover jet has three million people to share the story.

A New Zealand garden transported to the other side of the earth for the world famous Chelsea Flower show has not only won a silver medal, but also the royal stamp of approval from the Queen.

The 18 Great Rides of Nga Haerenga - the New Zealand Cycle Trail, have gone global with a new website just launched in Queenstown.

A rare all-white kiwi, thought to be the first ever bred in captivity, has hatched at New Zealand's Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre.

May is New Zealand Music Month, the annual celebration of home-grown talent, which this year is about to expose some of the country’s best-known singers who’ve yet to record a chart-topping hit.

The Lake Track cycle trail along the western shores of Lake Taupo has received a cash injection in the final stage of becoming one of the 18 Great Rides of Nga Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail.

New Zealand’s tourism industry will be on show to the world next week at TRENZ – Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand – in the southern resort town of Queenstown.