Christchurch - Canterbury

Never mind New York, look out London and step aside Sydney, because New Zealand is fast emerging as the coolest destination to visit.

Whale Watch Kaikoura is joining forces with Australian marine park 'Sea World' to open up whale watching opportunities on the Gold Coast.

New Zealand tourists keen to swim with dolphins but put off by cool water temperatures, especially in winter, can breathe a sigh of relief.

Five of New Zealand’s top hotels have made it onto the list of 500 best hotels in the world just published by international magazine Travel & Leisure.

Top New Zealand entertainers will strut their stuff alongside some of the world’s best street acts during coming weeks as two major busking festivals come to town.

A rare New Zealand penguin chick is happily back in the wild after turning up in the heart of Christchurch city - more than 10 kilometres from his coastal home.

Recreating Bluff’s famous paua shell house as an exhibit at Canterbury Museum in Christchurch has proved a resounding success with visitors giving 100 percent positive feedback.

Tourists at the Tasman Glacier terminal face, in Aoraki Mount Cook national park, witnessed a three-metre high wave as a giant iceberg plunged from the glacier into the terminal lake on Tuesday (10.02.09).

New Zealand’s bid to have a World Heritage Starlight Reserve in the sky above Lake Tekapo and Aoraki Mount Cook, in the South Island’s Mackenzie Country, has moved a step closer.

Akaroa, a small peninsula town on the South Island’s east coast, is doubling as paradise in a joint Kiwi-German film production.