Nature / Sustainable Tourism

The diversity of the New Zealand landscape astonishes visitors. The country has glistening sand, primeval forests, bubbling mud, green pastures, snowy peaks and bountiful marine life.

Botanist and guru of New Zealand foliage, Tony Foster, has set up a new venture tucked in a special corner of Northland, giving overseas visitors a unique first-hand experience of New Zealand’s plant life.

Orakei-Korako geyserland is home to the greatest number of active geysers of any geothermal field in New Zealand ...

Clean and green, wholesome and healthy, New Zealanders are keen producers of organic food, wine and beer.

Trains and boats and planes, and Hobbit motels are just some of the quirky overnighters for travellers looking for out-of-the-ordinary accommodation in New Zealand.

It might not be unusual to find sanctuary on a golf course but it is rare to find a golf course that is a sanctuary. New Zealand's Wairakei International Golf Course is thought to have scored a world first.

The smallest and rarest species of dolphin, the Hector’s dolphin, is undergoing a population boost due to conservation work at the dolphin sanctuary at Banks Peninsula.

No visit to New Zealand is complete without laying eyes on a kiwi – the flightless, feathered icon that leads a list of rare native species found nowhere else on the planet.

Keeping the environment clean and as green as possible has become part of the New Zealand psyche.

Sirocco may be covered in feathers but there’s nothing flighty about the world’s first official ‘spokesbird’ for conservation.