Press Releases

Creative talent at Weta Workshops, New Zealand’s Oscar-winning film industry specialists, can be credited with another world first - this time it's a mechanical replica of an endangered yellow-eyed penguin.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality is being put to the ultimate test as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ tweets his way south to his final destination.

Take a dozen of the world’s top chefs, whisk them off to an exotic location, cook up a cracking dinner for a Kiwi charity and you’ve got a winning recipe.

Favourable exchange rates, cheap holiday deals and a government cash injection are all helping to keep New Zealand in the minds of would-be international travellers during the credit crunch.

On the heels of a hot sporting date on a Wellington tennis court, Kiwi comics Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, of Flight of the Conchords fame, are now limbering up for a trip down memory lane.

A baby tuatara discovered at a wildlife sanctuary in Wellington is the first confirmed wild tuatara hatchling on New Zealand’s mainland in at least 200 years.

New Zealand’s legendary hospitality will be put to a unique test next week as the world’s first ‘Twitchhiker’ continues his goal of making it around the globe relying solely on goodwill.

Move over Mel, the New Zealand town of Masterton has shown the Flight of the Conchords fan base is far more extensive than is portrayed on the comedy duo’s award winning television series.

A newly married Wellington couple has become the envy of the rugby world having just won the first two tickets to the 2011 Rugby World Cup final in New Zealand.

Scientists surveying ‘china shops’ - or untouched underwater areas - of Fiordland, New Zealand are excited by the discovery of some new and fragile species they believe will add strength to the area being recognised as a world heritage park.