Press Releases

Four New Zealand gardens have earned the title of ‘Garden of International Significance’ in a new quality ranking aimed at overseas visitors.

A new rugby trophy contested between the All Blacks and the English will honour the life of Sir Edmund Hillary and mark both his love of the game and his links with Britain.

An 86-year-old Wellington nun, who set up a community garden scheme, has been voted New Zealand's Gardener of the Year.

New Zealand’s unique Hector’s and Maui’s dolphin populations will enjoy greater protection in four new marine mammal sanctuaries due to come into effect tomorrow (23 October 2008).

Only 16-days-old and as yet un-named, a little blue penguin has everyone clucking at the Penguin Encounter in Christchurch’s International Antarctic Centre.

Marlborough - New Zealand’s premier wine-growing region - has been ranked among the world’s top 10 wine destinations by online travel community TripAdvisor.com.

Leading New Zealand garden designer Doug Waugh has died of cancer, aged 52.

Visitors to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, can now get a rare glimpse of the city’s early history with the unveiling of remnants of an ancient Māori pa in the heart of the central business area.

The rural North Island town of Taihape is bracing itself for a flurry of unusual flying objects when competitors take part in the indigenous New Zealand sport of gumboot throwing

New Zealand has boosted its allocation of parkland with the government purchase of a high country station that borders some of the best known national parks.