Press Releases

A playful family group of orcas are the latest holidaymakers to stop off in the deep blue waters of Queen Charlotte Sound, at the tip of New Zealand’s South Island.

Caring for New Zealand’s natural environment so that it can be preserved for future generations is the focus of a new website encouraging best practice for holidaymakers pitching tents, or parking campervans or caravans.

A two-hour test flight in New Zealand skies has been hailed as a “significant milestone” in the development of sustainable air fuels.

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.