Press Releases

Six of New Zealand’s best surf breaks will get national park status if a new coastal policy proposed by the Department of Conservation goes ahead.

The rarest Kiwis in the world have launched their breeding season by producing a record number of eggs.

A spectacular multimedia experience opening on September 27 crowns the 10th birthday celebrations of Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand’s national museum.

Climate change and its effect on the world will be highlighted this month at a festival in the New Zealand city of Christchurch - gateway to the last great wilderness on earth.

New Zealand Olympic medalist Nick Willis has scored another career highlight by winning the Fifth Avenue Mile street race in New York.

New Zealand author Patricia Grace has won the 2008 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Rotorua’s world famous thermal activity has generated the first New Zealand Qualmark Green award.

International tourist spending in New Zealand is up five percent on the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.

New Zealand can add yet another Guinness World Record to its long list with the successful completion of a staggering forward roll attempt in Rotorua yesterday.

International athletes will literally follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s legendary runner and coach Arthur Lydiard when they race in a new marathon that covers his old Auckland training ground.