Recreation & Sport

The legend of Te Houtaewa is relived every year by Northern Mâori Tribes.

New Zealanders first started building boats out of necessity, as they lived in a country totally surrounded by sea.

When American western novelist Zane Grey came to the Bay of Islands in 1920 he dubbed the waters 'the angler's El Dorado'.

New Zealand trout fishing expert Ron Giles (author of Hooked on Trout: How and Where to Catch Large Trout in New Zealand) offers visitors tips on hooking a trout in New Zealand.

Listing and background information on the ‘club fields’ for skiing and snowboarding in the Canterbury region, New Zealand.

Most New Zealand top sailors can trace their sailing roots back to the ugly little dinghy called the P class.

The rum race is a weekly fixture on the calendar of the true-blue Kiwi yachtie.

New Zealand operates 12 regional Fish and Game Councils to manage, maintain and protect species. The overseeing Government body is the New Zealand Fish and Game Council.

New Zealand has more than 400 golf courses; some in geothermal areas; some in farmers' fields; all of them fairly inexpensive.

New Zealand saltwater catches vary by location, from tuna and shark around Fiordland, to snapper and kingfish in the Marlborough Sounds.