Nature / Sustainable Tourism

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

Half a world away from each other, New Zealand and France have more than rugby in common.

Auckland's dramatic coastal scenery is only the beginning of the contrasting landscapes found within a short distance of the city's downtown business centre.

Eco-sustainability and a four star luxury rating are not usually bedfellows: but Awaroa Lodge, based in Abel Tasman National Park, combines the two effortlessly.

Claude Stratford is a living testament to the health benefits and the unique natural resources of the honeybee.

Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin, New Zealand, is home to the only mainland colony of Royal albatross in the world.

Essential to the New Zealand experience is the unique sound of the beautiful song birds heard in forests, hills and backyards all over the country. It's a melodious chorus that - with 73 of New Zealand’s native bird species on the World Conservation Union’s 'red list' of threatened species - must be protected.

Isolated for around 80 million years, New Zealand became a paradise for birds; some, in the absence of predators, developing unusual and interesting characteristics. Plus other animals.

One of New Zealand’s rarest birds has surprised conservationists by breeding within months of their release on Mana Island, off Wellington’s west coast.

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’.