Nature / Sustainable Tourism

The Lake Track cycle trail along the western shores of Lake Taupo has received a cash injection in the final stage of becoming one of the 18 Great Rides of Nga Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail.

Hotel Hingarae, a futuristic six-star development, is to be built on the western slopes of Lake Taupo.

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest garden show, the 2009 Ellerslie International Flower Show, opens its gates next week (11.03.09) at a new home in the South Island city of Christchurch.

Only 16-days-old and as yet un-named, a little blue penguin has everyone clucking at the Penguin Encounter in Christchurch’s International Antarctic Centre.

A German tourist has traveled New Zealand for 40 days, undertaking 40 different sports and setting a world record in the process.

A South Island wildlife reserve has notched up its most successful Kiwi breeding season ever having raised and released 48 chicks.

Kaikoura – New Zealand’s southern whale watching capital – has become the first destination in the world to achieve gold in a new global green benchmark for community sustainability efforts.

Hapuku Lodge has just announced an eco package that will see the carbon footprint of their guests completely offset by a tree planting initiative.

Tourism New Zealand’s ‘Have Your Say’ mobile studio with its authentic bird’s nest film set could become more of a love nest if international tourists take up a special Valentines Day offer.

With wood and fire, two New Zealand entrepreneurs are doing their bit to reduce global warming.