Press Releases

New Zealand’s Rangitāne tribe has finally laid to rest the remains of 60 ancestors unearthed from their original burial ground then reclaimed from Canterbury Museum in the South Island.

An exclusive collection of war-themed New Zealand documentaries and films has gone online - on the NZ On Screen website – to mark Anzac Day 2009.

New Zealanders around the world who’re gearing up to celebrate Anzac Day will be relieved to learn that rather than miss the tradition of wearing a poppy to commemorate their war heroes, they can buy a virtual one instead.

New Zealand director Jane Campion’s new film has been selected for official competition at Cannes, the world's most prestigious film festival, where her breakthrough work The Piano triumphed 16 years ago.

New Zealand takes an official step this weekend towards winter 2009 when clocks are turned back an hour as the country says goodbye to daylight saving.

Visitors keen to experience New Zealand’s great outdoors are being given an added incentive to book early and enjoy a price freeze introduced by the Department of Conservation.

Teenage Rotorua golfer, Danny Lee, has become New Zealand’s highest paid athlete after signing a lucrative deal with International Management Group (IMG).

After a 100-year absence, one of New Zealand’s nationally endangered species – the South Island tieke or saddleback – is returning to live on the South Island mainland.

Australian and American fire brigades are to take on their Kiwi counterparts in an unusual challenge that will see 349 firefighters in full kit racing to the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower.

An ongoing tug-of-war over the true origin of pavlova has been given a diplomatic twist by New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key who’s warned Aussies to keep their hands off iconic Kiwi items.