Recreation & Sport

When American western novelist Zane Grey came to the Bay of Islands in 1920 he dubbed the waters 'the angler's El Dorado'.

New Zealand’s southern regions are preparing for an influx of the world’s top winter athletes for the inaugural Winter Games NZ – an international sports event billed as the ultimate lead-up to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Most New Zealand top sailors can trace their sailing roots back to the ugly little dinghy called the P class.

New Zealand’s trout are totally wild. Casting and presentation of the fly are therefore of extreme importance.

New Zealand is known as one of the world’s last frontiers for truly wild trout, its noted varieties being brown and rainbow.

New Zealand’s most popular annual rugby event, the NZI Sevens World Series.

If cyclists have plenty of time but little money and want to see the New Zealand countryside, they could try WWOOFing, Willing Workers on Organic Farms.

New Zealand trout fishing expert Ron Giles (author of Hooked on Trout: How and Where to Catch Large Trout in New Zealand) offers visitors tips on hooking a trout in New Zealand.

New Zealand’s world-first national rugby museum will be relocated and upgraded in time for the huge influx of rugby fans expected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Rowing’s international elite are plying the tranquil waters of Lake Karapiro – in New Zealand’s Waikato region – as they compete for honours at the 2010 World Rowing Championships.