Press Releases

A rare New Zealand penguin chick is happily back in the wild after turning up in the heart of Christchurch city - more than 10 kilometres from his coastal home.

Māori culture teams from all over New Zealand are polishing their performance arts as they ready themselves to compete at the country’s biggest kapa haka festival next month.

The world’s top yachtsmen have begun arriving in New Zealand for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, a friendly summer regatta that will bring top sailing teams together for the first time since the 2007 America’s Cup.

A summer art exhibition that combines dramatic outdoor sculpture with spectacular coastal scenery – all in a short ferry ride from Auckland – has opened to the public for a three week season.

Top New Zealand entertainers will strut their stuff alongside some of the world’s best street acts during coming weeks as two major busking festivals come to town.

High tea has taken on a whole new meaning in New Zealand with the country’s world famous tree house restaurant now serving afternoon tea to cope with demand.

Five of New Zealand’s top hotels have made it onto the list of 500 best hotels in the world just published by international magazine Travel & Leisure.

Forget the current ‘man drought’, an Auckland luxury hotel has come up with a new strategy for Kiwi single girls feeling a little lonely around St Valentine’s Day.

Two famed New Zealand lodges - Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay and Taupo’s Huka Lodge - have been named among the best luxury hotels on Earth.

Tourists at the North Auckland beach resort of Paihia were among the first to take up the offer of free video postcards recording New Zealand travel raves for family and friends back home.