The Lord of the Rings was filmed over 274 days, using 350 purpose-built sets in more than 150 locations all over New Zealand (including 30 Department of Conservation sites).

Feature overview about the New Zealand landscape and how this influences past and contemporary New Zealand artists.

The annual Taihape Gumboot Throwing Festival highlights New Zealand's rural lifestyle, with the country well known for its agricultural products worldwide.

The World of WearableArt Awards Show is a two hour theatrical spectacle held each spring in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington.

With the Internet, satellite television and cheaper air travel, many see New Zealand as being a fashion season ahead of the rest of the world.

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.