Nature / Sustainable Tourism

From school children to the Prime Minister, New Zealanders throughout the country are gearing up for World Environment Day showing strong loyalty to the commitment that won the country the hosting rights.

Some call it the “flightless national bore” and others a “biological oddity” but New Zealand’s iconic bird, the kiwi, has topped polls to become NZ Bird of the Year

New Zealand's climate offers more than Australia's when it comes to a long life span, according to new research into frogs.

Love is in the air for Conservation Week 2010 – themed ‘Love New Zealand’ – and conservation’s noisiest spokesperson is busy tweeting out the message.

New Zealand’s famed dawn chorus – a host of unique forest song birds – have gone online singing out for attention.

Kiwis are reputed to be great global travellers but the discovery of New Zealand’s national icon in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy in outer space has to be off the planet in anyone’s book.

It may sound like fantasy but New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) has just listed a real-life dream job.

Little Richter – the first kiwi hatched in the 2010 season at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve – has proved that it takes a lot to crack a kiwi.

A New Zealand garden transported to the other side of the earth for the world famous Chelsea Flower show has not only won a silver medal, but also the royal stamp of approval from the Queen.

New Zealand will be back at London’s Chelsea Flower Show in May 2011 for the first time in five years – with an exotic urban garden that focuses on diversity and sustainability.