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Auckland based Māori tourism company Potiki Adventures have built a strong reputation as a provider of quality day tours allowing international visitors the opportunity to connect with contemporary Māori culture. Another major part of their operation involves working with at risk Māori youth in Auckland.

The Yellow Eyed Penguin Reserve, 40 minutes' drive from Dunedin, has been enormously successful in increasing numbers of the world’s most endangered penguin.

As a performing and recording artist, Moana Maniapoto has consistently pushed the boundaries of Maori music with her unique blend of traditional Maori elements and contemporary western grooves.

Maori weaver Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (b1920) learnt her school from her mother Dame Rangimarie Hetet. Her skill in creating wharariki (mats) and korowai (cloaks) out of natural material such as flax fibre and feathers, has drawn international acclaim.

Driving Creek Railway in the Coromandel region boasts a narrow gauge mountain railway, 14,000 planted native trees, a pottery studio and railway coffee cups.

Rally Drive New Zealand has firmly established itself as a world class rally school facility...

Taranaki is renowned for its fabulous gardens of roses, rhododendrons, fuchsias and native plants.

Rising opera star Deborah Wai Kapohe is rapidly making a name for herself as the ultimate successor to New Zealand’s greatest ever soprano, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

New Zealand’s fine dining scene has a new rising star – 25 year old Ben Mills who is a protégé of international culinary celebrity Peter Gordon.

Kiwi ingenuity at its best - the Kawarau River is home to many world firsts, including the first commercial bungy jumping operation, the brainchild of pioneers A J Hackett and Henry van Asch.