Adventure

The Nevis Arc will open in 2007 and will be a 125m swing accessed from a 70 metre-long bridge suspended by steel cables over Doolan's Creek in Central Otago.

Next Easter weekend (April 7-9 2007), Queenstown will play host to a new breed of adventure race that combines elements of a traditional race, with a new ‘booty’ concept.

The Hukawai Glacier Centre, complete with its 10 metre high indoor ice-climbing wall, opens to the public on 1 March 2007.

New Zealand’s newest adventure attraction, the Shweeb Velodrome, will open in Rotorua in late August 2007.

A New Zealand youth development programme that teaches teenagers to sail has helped earn its parent organization a nomination for the Nobel Peace prize

The Southern Traverse Classic has been postponed till April 2008.

All eyes will be cast skyward as the world’s best glider pilots do battle in the skies above New Zealand’s spectacular Southern Alps in December.

It's guaranteed to be an experience of a lifetime – a night in an igloo on top of New Zealand’s largest active volcano.

Crowds have flocked to the central north island to witness the aftermath of the eruption of one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

A $7.5million centre showcasing the pioneering heart of New Zealand's national identity is scheduled to open at the Hermitage Aoraki Mt Cook in January 2008.