Wellington

Take three major wine producing regions add gourmet food, a buzzing capital city, charming small town life and sparkling coastal waterways and you’ve got an unbeatable holiday experience.

Dateline 09-09-09 was celebrated with particular significance in New Zealand today, marking exactly two years out from the opening game of Rugby World Cup 2011.

Alister Brown – chef, TV presenter, writer and Wellington restaurant-owner – is one of the best known faces of New Zealand cuisine.

As New Zealand bursts into spring colour, an event-filled calendar and the forecast of a long hot summer promise to banish winter blues.

Generations of Kiwis, past and present, have grown up with dolphin tales – the stories of ‘celebrity’ dolphins who’ve achieved local and sometimes international fame through their exploits in New Zealand’s coastal waters.

Tolkien fans fascinated by the world Peter Jackson captured on film during his Lord of the Rings trilogy continue to travel New Zealand searching for the real Middle Earth.

New Zealand's World of WearableArt (WOW) is a unique Kiwi event – billed as 'Mardi Gras meets haute couture' – where art and fashion collude in a spectacular stage show.

The search is on for locations for Peter Jackson's new movie epic, The Hobbit.

Colourful garden festivals and events throughout New Zealand during 2009.

Background information on the host towns and cities for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.