Press Releases

British stand up comedian and TV ‘Chef’ Lenny Henry and his ‘Vicar of Dibley’ wife Dawn French are considering retirement in New Zealand.

Kiwi television star Phil Keoghan - host of reality series 'The Amazing Race' - is about to embark on his most testing journey yet as he cycles from Los Angeles to New York to launch a New Zealand-developed health food bar.

Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser is proving a hit in the US with her latest album gaining a spot on the iTunes editors’ choice and the top ten charts.

The world’s top yachtsmen have begun arriving in New Zealand for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, a friendly summer regatta that will bring top sailing teams together for the first time since the 2007 America’s Cup.

Celebrity spotters are out in force in Queenstown with confirmation that Australian actor Hugh Jackman is in town.

A New Zealand initiative to establish a World Heritage Starlight Reserve is underway, with 2009 as the goal for the Lake Takapo and Aoraki Mount Cook skies.

Eight New Zealand conservation projects have been named among the top ecological projects in Australasia after an 18-month search by an expert panel.

US Amateur Golf Champion Danny Lee, hailed as the next Tiger Woods, has officially become a New Zealander.

The hatching of five new chicks has boosted New Zealand’s kakapo population to 91, with two more chicks expected in the coming weeks.

Hundreds of homing pigeons are helping to promote aviation history, crossing the Cook Strait to deliver pieces of a billboard.