Northland

Wetlands are not only crucial to the environment, they also offer an attractive landscape for conservationists and tourists to explore – especially in New Zealand.

New Zealand’s great outdoors presents some spectacular backdrops for summer music events and festivals in locations all over the country.

Michael Hill - the man behind the global jewellery empire – is one of New Zealand’s most successful businessmen, credited with revolutionising retail selling in Australasia.

From a once staple menu of sausage rolls, meat pies, fish and chips, pavlova, and Anzac biscuits, great Kiwi eats have evolved with the world.

New Zealand's Pacific Rim cuisine draws inspiration from Europe, Asia and Polynesia.

Generations of Kiwis, past and present, have grown up with dolphin tales – the stories of ‘celebrity’ dolphins who’ve achieved local and sometimes international fame through their exploits in New Zealand’s coastal waters.

Eating out has fresh appeal in New Zealand with diverse destinations offering diners the chance to laze, graze and star gaze in exotic outdoor settings.

The tuatara is a lizard-like reptile that is only found on certain small islands around New Zealand and in a number of mainland sanctuaries.

Kiwi sense of adventure and innovative thinking is behind some unique New Zealand-designed adventure tourist attractions.

When Chinese visitors step into the New Zealand pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, they’ll be immersed in a culture that has close links with their own.