Nature / Sustainable Tourism

New Zealand researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago.

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).

New Zealand’s biggest eco-tourism development, Karori Sanctuary in Wellington, has a new name – Zealandia - a further step towards returning a significant part of the nation’s capital to its pre-human state.

A rare visit from a humpback whale and her calf to Auckland’s marine doorstep has scientists and whale watchers very excited.

Kakapo, tuatara, kiwi and other unique New Zealand wildlife will be the stars in an episode of a major new television series by British writer and actor Stephen Fry.

The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will take off from Auckland airport next Tuesday (30 December 2008).

A two-hour test flight in New Zealand skies has been hailed as a “significant milestone” in the development of sustainable air fuels.

Caring for New Zealand’s natural environment so that it can be preserved for future generations is the focus of a new website encouraging best practice for holidaymakers pitching tents, or parking campervans or caravans.

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.

Spectacular Milford Sound, on New Zealand’s southern West Coast, will compete against some of the world's great scenic marvels in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’.