Nature / Sustainable Tourism

Background information on New Zealand's three World Heritage sites: Te Wahipounamu, Tongariro National Park and the Sub-Antarctic Islands.

Isolated for around 80 million years, New Zealand became a paradise for birds; some, in the absence of predators, developing unusual and interesting characteristics. Plus other animals.

Rotorua’s Waimangu Volcanic Valley was created in 1886 and is the only hydrothermal system in the world wholly formed within historic times as a result of a volcanic eruption.

Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin, New Zealand, is home to the only mainland colony of Royal albatross in the world.

About two hours east of Auckland, the stunning Coromandel Peninsula waits to show walkers its treasures. Nature guides Doug Johansen and Jan Poole have become 'Kiwi Dundees'.

A spectacular wilderness on the edge of Auckland City features 250km of walking tracks, waterfalls, untouched native forest, black sand beaches, wild surf and a gannet colony.

Stewart Island or Rakiura (Land of the Glowing Skies) is a nature lover’s delight; kiwis in natural environment and at the Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary over 30 species of bird.

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

Feature on the New Zealand spa experience and why New Zealand spas are unique.

New Zealand has a vast array of spectacular walkways and tracks providing access to unique wilderness areas and virgin rain forests.