Nature / Sustainable Tourism

Penguin stars of ice athletics are playing the audience at Kelly Tarlton’s - Auckland’s family waterfront experience – showing off their ball-handling and feet-tapping skills.

A playful family group of orcas are the latest holidaymakers to stop off in the deep blue waters of Queen Charlotte Sound, at the tip of New Zealand’s South Island.

A rocky start in life – including a 7.1 earthquake – couldn’t keep Orana Wildlife Park’s newest little kiwi down.

Kiwis of all shapes and persuasions – including one of New Zealand’s endangered breeds – have been lining up to see Prince William in action during his first official tour down-under.

A long awaited new conservation experience has opened, where visitors will have the chance to get up close and personal with New Zealand’s iconic native bird – the kiwi.

A select group of native kiwi will get right royal treatment when they fly with the air force as part of New Zealand’s largest-ever wildlife transfer next week.

Around a hundred mouse sized giant weta have been released into the wild at Karori Sanctuary in Wellington.

A camera has captured a rare close encounter with nature – a spyhopping dolphin in New Zealand waters that has created one tourist’s never-to-be-forgotten travel experience.

Two of the rarest birds in the world have announced their retirement and are moving house so they can spend their twilight years in the comfort of Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch.

Sirocco, the rare New Zealand kākāpo parrot whose frisky behaviour with a BBC television crew propelled him to global stardom, will make some cameo appearances during Rugby World Cup.