Art & Culture

John and Allison Brebner, teachers, printmakers and book artists, have combined their talents and built up a unique teaching studio and working letterpress museum, with impressive art galleries in the relaxed atmosphere of their 120 year old Manawatu home...

At the heart of Manawatu region, Te Manawa is the only institution of its kind in New Zealand to unite a museum, art gallery and interactive science centre, to create a unique fusion of life, art and mind experiences ...

In Hollywood, the name New Zealand now shares star billing with the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Cruise and Sir Ian McKellen.

To many New Zealanders, the custard square rates right up there with the pavlova as a classic Kiwi icon.

Driving Creek Railway in the Coromandel region boasts a narrow gauge mountain railway, 14,000 planted native trees, a pottery studio and railway coffee cups.

The Croydon Aircraft Company Ltd has a global reputation for restoring classic 1930s and vintage de Havilland aircraft.

There are various significant literary spots open to the public, featuring important places in the lives of New Zealand's best-known writers.

Loitering around a public toilet would normally invoke the wrath of the law, but there is one very special place in Northland where a visit to the bathroom is not all about business - the Fredrick Hundertwasser inspired Kawakawa toilets (Bay of Islands).

The Geraldine district has long enticed artists to paint – not surprising, given its superb setting near the foothills of the Southern Alps and its proximity to the mountains themselves. The area is now home to several award-winning artists whose work encompasses a wide range of artistic styles.

Many New Zealand writers fuse Mâori culture and legend into works written in English.