A New Zealand invention - skates with a modern twist - has rolled out to become a multi million dollar company.

Imagine hiking for six days, never seeing another soul and not even stepping out of a national park - that's Kahurangi National Park.

Ask most people what a ‘fairy tern’ is and you’re likely to get an answer that relates to the latest moves on the TV hit ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

Most couples heading off for a weekend away might be looking for romance but the Taylors from Waikato in New Zealand’s North Island had something else in mind.

Visitors to the Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand’s South Island may think they’re experiencing a modern trend in eco-friendly tourism, but practising sustainability is nothing new around here.

It's not a sport for the faint hearted – or clumsy. Bouldering is for the sure-footed, with athletes rock climbing without the aid of ropes or a harness.

A consummate experimentalist, Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was responsible for a remarkable series of discoveries in the fields of radioactivity and nuclear physics.

New Zealand born yachting legend Sir Peter Blake is the only sailor to have taken part in the first five Whitbread Round the World races. He also led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories.

Former Prime Minister David Lange’s legacy is that of making New Zealand nuclear free.

Captain Charles Hazlett Upham was the only person to be awarded two Victoria Crosses (VC) during World War II and the only combat solider to have won two VC medals.