A cheeky New Zealand parrot has flown off with a British visitor’s passport after plucking it from the courier bag of a tourist bus in the South Island.

Electronic chick and egg timers are being used to improve the survival rates of kiwi in the wild.

It's official ... Manukura, the first white kiwi chick hatched in captivity in New Zealand, is a girl.

Dunedin’s decadent mid-winter sweetener, the irresistable Cadbury Chocolate Carnival is ready to roll from 11 – 17 July, in the southern New Zealand city.

Ashburton – a rural town in Canterbury – became an international chocolate capital this weekend as two Kiwi chocolatiers set about creating a new Guinness World Record for the longest chocolate bar.

Christchurch Casino has picked up the Air New Zealand Supreme Award in the 2010 Tourism Industry Awards – announced in Auckland last night (14.10.10).

International travellers bound for Christchurch, New Zealand, are being reassured that 98% of tourism operators are open for business following Saturday’s serious earthquake.

Christchurch’s tourism community is working together to make sure guests are well looked after as the city recovers slowly from a major earthquake which hit on Saturday morning.

Pop-up is the new buzz word in Christchurch where a funky container mall is bringing Christchurch locals back into their city centre for a unique new shopping experience.

Visitors heading to Christchurch in the aftermath of the recent earthquake are in for a surprise – not only is the city alive, well and operating normally but there’s now added incentive for tourists to visit.