Press Releases

New Zealand's climate offers more than Australia's when it comes to a long life span, according to new research into frogs.

The eventual return of New Zealand native tuatara to wild habitat in the South Island has been brought a step closer with the arrival of 15 of the baby reptiles at Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin.

Skiing in New Zealand will be an attractive option for international visitors this 2009 ski season with the exchange rate making ticket prices up to 40% cheaper than last winter.

The chance to see kiwi in their native surroundings has become a new attraction for tourists to Auckland with the release of 15 little spotted kiwi on to Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Rare Sir Edmund Hillary memorabilia unwittingly destined for the trash has instead been recognised as a priceless national treasure, and is now safely in the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at Aoraki Mount Cook.

A book giveaway in the Netherlands has meant a book about New Zealand is now owned by nearly one million Dutch people.

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.