Nature / Sustainable Tourism

Lake Waikaremoana is famous for its fresh water trout fishing and hunting, and as home to one of New Zealand’s top 10 walks.

Connells Bay Sculpture Park on Waiheke Island offers visitors a special experience to view large outdoor contemporary sculpture by some of New Zealand’s best known sculptors.

Pure Trails New Zealand has developed guided hiking trips of the South Island of New Zealand specifically for the older active traveller.

Ulva Island, situated in Whaka o Te Wera (Paterson Inlet) on Rakiura (Stewart Island), is a sanctuary for visitors to learn about native flora and fauna from a Maori perspective.

Tucked away in one of the most remote corners of Fiordland, Doubtful Sound offers a unique wilderness experience including the chance to see one of the rarest penguins in the world - the Fiordland Crested Penguin ...

Giant squid has never been seen alive, but a fully preserved specimen, named Maximum, can be viewed at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Hawke’s Bay.

Visitors can now experience a livestock sale at New Zealand’s largest livestock saleyards in the Manawatu region.

Wairere, a valley of basalt boulders in the Hokianga, may be one of the Far North’s most remarkable, yet undiscovered rock formations.

The Himatangi sand dunes were once an important gathering place for Maori who regularly visited the area to fish and collect shellfish. The middens (piles of shells) they left behind provide a fascinating record of what the area used to look like.

Situated at Foxton, the Manawatu River Estuary is one of the most important estuarine ecosystems in New Zealand.