Readers of the highly acclaimed Condé Nast Traveller magazine rated New Zealand as their favourite country in the world as part of the 2008 Reader’s Travel Awards.
While big Kiwis celebrate New Zealand Conservation Week, the country’s smallest and most endangered species – of the feathered kind – are enjoying a momentous occasion.
A new fellowship commemorating the work of Sir Edmund Hillary will offer the people of India and Nepal a chance to visit the legendary explorer’s home country, New Zealand.
Come summer 2009, international yachting fever will return to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour as the world’s top racing yachties set sail in a new Louis Vuitton-sponsored yacht regatta.
The cast of the American television comedy Scrubs has been saved from a gastronomic emergency thanks to a hand-delivered consignment of its favourite New Zealand cheese.