Nature / Sustainable Tourism

Christchurch city is bidding farewell to the bar-tailed godwit, as March marks the beginning of migration.

A female bar-tailed godwit has made a record breaking 11,500km journey to New Zealand from its breeding ground in Alaska.

In a bold move Tourism New Zealand is staking its claim as the youngest country on earth.

Climate change and its effect on the world will be highlighted this month at a festival in the New Zealand city of Christchurch - gateway to the last great wilderness on earth.

A rare all-white kiwi, thought to be the first ever bred in captivity, has hatched at New Zealand's Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre.

The largest public park to be created in 20 years has been unveiled … and it incorporates snow-capped mountains, crystal clear lakes and a popular skifield.

Ancient New Zealand Tuatara have broken records for DNA evolution - despite being slow to grow and reproduce and having a sluggish metabolism.

A science researcher is convinced New Zealand’s extinct Moa birds are alive and living in bush in the middle of the North Island.

The first of New Zealand’s ‘Great Rides’ – a national cycle trail project showcasing some of the country’s most spectacular cycling destinations – will open tomorrow (20.11.2010).

New Zealand's iconic 'living dinosaurs' have just had their numbers trebled on the country's mainland thanks to a successful conservation programme.