Press Releases

Queen's Birthday weekend could see New Zealand’s first major skifield open for the 2009 ski season – Mt Hutt in the South Island is gearing up to launch two weeks ahead of schedule, for the first time in 10 years.

A Californian bidder has scored New Zealand’s luxury travel deal of the century, winning a NZ$31,500 package for a quarter of its retail value.

Snow has been falling thick and fast in New Zealand in an unseasonably early arrival that spells good news for winter sports enthusiasts.

Māori New Year celebrations launched in New Zealand at the weekend with a hugely successful gourmet hangi that tickled traditional taste buds, and may have changed attitudes towards the customary Māori feast forever.

International travellers looking for a smart travel deal can try their luck this week with a complete New Zealand luxury travel package that’s up for grabs on eBay.

Billionaire New Zealand luxury lodge owners Julian and Josie Robertson have gifted NZ$115 million of major international artworks to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Usually it’s the early bird that catches the worm, but New Zealand is offering an early chance to catch the bird - with an invitation for visitors to travel to a remote destination for a rare meeting.

An intimate collection of the stories behind some of New Zealand’s most treasured songs has been published in a commemorative book released in time for NZ Music month – May 2009.

‘Team Ellen’ - the three New Zealand students whose social networking efforts saw them realise the dream of meeting US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres - are due back home after being treated as VIPs in LA.

Penguin stars of ice athletics are playing the audience at Kelly Tarlton’s - Auckland’s family waterfront experience – showing off their ball-handling and feet-tapping skills.