Tolkien fans fascinated by the world Peter Jackson captured on film during his 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy continue to travel New Zealand searching for the real Middle-earth.

New Zealand merino wool is being used in the fashion houses of Yves St Laurent and Ralph Lauren as well as by several leading international fabric manufacturers and knitwear companies including Italian suit manufacturer Loro Piana and American suitmaker Oxford Clothes.

Within the unfenced boundaries of Fiordland, one of the largest national parks in the world, is some of the most wild and dramatic scenery in New Zealand.

Joining the ranks of New Zealand's top luxury lodges in 2002, Fiordland Lodge combines comfort and indulgence with design that reflects the rich Fiordland landscape.

Loitering around a public toilet would normally invoke the wrath of the law, but there is one very special place in Northland where a visit to the bathroom is not all about business - the Fredrick Hundertwasser inspired Kawakawa toilets (Bay of Islands).

New Zealand’s largest edible export earnings come from the land, with sheepmeat, beef, dairy produce, deer, goats and cereal products primary natural resources.

It may seem an unlikely combination for a top skier to be head winemaker at a picturesque New Zealand vineyard, but for Rippon’s Nick Mills it is a perfect blend.

Thirteen host towns and cities in different New Zealand regions will help fill the 'stadium of four million' promised by the New Zealand Rugby Union for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Situated at Foxton, the Manawatu River Estuary is one of the most important estuarine ecosystems in New Zealand.

Franz Josef is not your average glacier – it is a 12km long, 7000-year-old body of ice sliding down a mountain valley into a rainforest.