Press Releases

The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will take off from Auckland airport next Tuesday (30 December 2008).

Business Traveler magazine has named Air New Zealand top airline for business class travel to the South Pacific, for the third year in a row.

New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa in Wellington has notched up 15 million visitors since opening 10 years ago.

Adventure tourism in New Zealand has a new contender with one South Island motel owner involving his guests in a very Kiwi outdoor pursuit – lawn mowing.

Kakapo, tuatara, kiwi and other unique New Zealand wildlife will be the stars in an episode of a major new television series by British writer and actor Stephen Fry.

Tourism New Zealand is going on the road with a world-leading tourism marketing initiative using visitors to spread the word to friends and family through social networking.

A rare visit from a humpback whale and her calf to Auckland’s marine doorstep has scientists and whale watchers very excited.

It is exactly 100 years since New Zealand's greatest scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Most New Zealand backyards have a tree hut in some form or other and many budding architects cut their teeth designing the perfect hideout, but grownups can now look forward to reliving their childhood in a real tree house restaurant.

New Zealand wine growers from the renowned Central Otago region of the South Island are helping restore a 1000-year-old abbey in Burgundy, France.