Press Releases

Hollywood's Oscar-winning director James Cameron has arrived in New Zealand to start shooting scenes for his new movie 'Avatar'.

An evocative New Zealand country setting with rustic shed, bush, stream and a strong conservation theme has taken the supreme award at the country’s premier garden show.

Māori artists will be under the spotlight this weekend at San Francisco’s de Young museum in a living exhibition of traditional and contemporary Māori art and culture.

More than 1 million people have watched Tourism New Zealand's television commercial 'Youngest Country' on YouTube in the past year.

The Kiwi Encounter centre in Rotorua has reached a milestone by hatching the 100th Kiwi chick for the 2006/2007 season.

New Zealand’s oldest immigrant, who’s just turned 103, says he’s still happy with life in New Zealand and uses the internet to keep in touch with his homeland, Britain.

One of New Zealand's oldest residents is finally in the mood.

A high–profile sex romp between a century old New Zealand tuatara and his child bride has proved highly productive and could result in 11 offspring.

A bumper 2008 ski season - with plenty of snow and international tourists boosting visitor numbers to record levels – has New Zealand’s ski tourism industry in a positive frame for the 2009 winter season.

With dramatic mountains and a massive freshwater lake, Taupo has provided the perfect backdrop to the ultimate in motor racing.