Story Angles

Risk-taking is a way of life for base jumping supremo and veteran skydiver Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry not only shares the name of a rock’n’roll legend, he shares the heart of a performer.

The haka performed by the New Zealand rugby team, the mighty All Blacks, is renowned worldwide. However it is not the only haka - there are various forms of haka and many iwi have their own individual haka.

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch offers Ko Tâne (Maori god of the forest), a cultural performance set within the natural environment of Willowbank.

Paradise Valley Springs in Rotorua houses a unique bird sanctuary for endangered native birds of prey.

New Zealand’s West Coast region is one of the world’s top kayaking destinations.

It is perhaps the greatest compliment a dive site could receive - legendary oceanographer, the late Jacques Cousteau, named the Poor Knights islands as one of the world’s top 10 underwater wonderlands.

New Zealand is a nation of innovators, and Neil Harrap - the man behind the Fly By Wire - is right up there among them.

Billionaire adventurer Steve Fossett believes Omarama is the closest to heaven that you can get on Earth.

They call it the Lost World Epic - a seven-hour adventure exploring New Zealand's 'underworld'.

They were known as the eight wonder of the world - glistening pink and white terraces of silica, created by the warmth from the centre of the earth.