Nature / Sustainable Tourism

New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, has a huge new treat in store for squid lovers, a world-first colossal squid exhibition due to open in Wellington this Saturday (13.12.08).

For the first time in hundreds of years, the tiny Maud Island frog has hatched in the wild on New Zealand’s mainland.

Leading New Zealand garden designer Doug Waugh has died of cancer, aged 52.

A New Zealand adventure tour company is claiming a world first with a bus that runs on used cooking oil.

Whale Watch Kaikoura has won a second international accolade – in the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards announced in Beijing today (26.05.2010).

New Zealand’s largest international tourism event TRENZ opens in Auckland next week (24.05.2010), with new products to tempt the world’s travel and tourism industry.

A New Zealand stone with an image of the Virgin Mary on it, has so far attracted bids of nearly $27,000.

Visitors will soon have a choice of routes when strolling along the scenic shores of Lake Wanaka – with the opening of three new river and lakeside walking tracks.

Whakatane – a small east coast town in New Zealand’s North Island – wants to become ‘Kiwi capital of the world’, claiming it’s the only place on earth where it’s possible to hear kiwis calling from the main street.

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