Nature / Sustainable Tourism

The sound of New Zealand songbirds will be amplified on some island sanctuaries this summer with a series of musical events that combine concerts with conservation.

The chance to see kiwi in their native surroundings has become a new attraction for tourists to Auckland with the release of 15 little spotted kiwi on to Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

For the first time, tuatara are breeding on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour.

They may have relatively small heads but according to researchers Kiwis are no bird brains.

Japanese tourists, who joined locals in a fun run through a remote New Zealand kauri forest, were helping to celebrate a burgeoning friendship between two different cultures.

New Zealand’s native parrot the kakariki and syrah wine may, on the face of it, have little in common but a mutually beneficial arrangement is about to make the release of one help fund the release of the other.

Swimming with dolphins off New Zealand’s rugged South Island coast of Kaikoura has been ranked amongst the top 10 most thrilling experiences in the world, by 'Lonely Planet'.

The population of the world’s rarest parrot – the New Zealand kakapo – has reached a record high of 125 with the 2009 breeding season being hailed the most successful since the recovery programme began.

A striking photographic portrait of a New Zealand kakapo parrot – one of the rarest and most at-risk bird species on earth – has swooped up first prize in an international competition.

Glow worms, great food, black water rafting and bungy jumping have left US pop star Katy Perry raving, and in love with New Zealand after her first visit.