Press Releases

An inaugural New Zealand cycling event has stirred international interest and hundreds of cycling enthusiasts have signed up for a unique eight-day cycling adventure.

When the 2012 NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship opens, Queenstown’s exclusive The Hills golf course will play host to stars of the sports, screen and culinary worlds.

Eco-conscious travellers can now sign up to help keep New Zealand beautiful on a new hop-on hop-off green bus adventure.

Christchurch city and the Canterbury region are in full swing for 2012 hosting international buskers, golfers and garden aficionados this summer, with plenty more to come.

Aotearoa New Zealand will be under the spotlight in Germany at the Frankfurt Book Fair – the world’s largest publishing event – in October this year.

Creative foodies with a taste for wild fare have put the small New Zealand town of Hokitika on the international culinary map with an adventurous food festival that attracts thousands of intrepid gourmets.

Rainbow Springs, Rotorua – one of New Zealand’s oldest conservation parks – has opened a thrilling new family-friendly eco-experience designed to entertain and educate visitors about conservation and sustainability.

Hot on the heels of Rugby World Cup, and a bag full of international tourism accolades from 2011, New Zealand is set to stay in the international spotlight for 2012.

Challenge Wanaka – profiled as ‘the world’s most scenic iron distance triathlon’ – plays out across a stunning New Zealand South Island alpine landscape.

It’s a white Christmas at Pukaha Mount Bruce with the surprise hatching of a second rare white kiwi at New zealand's national wildlife centre.