Nature / Sustainable Tourism

A cheeky New Zealand parrot has flown off with a British visitor’s passport after plucking it from the courier bag of a tourist bus in the South Island.

Air New Zealand has been recognised as one of New Zealand's most environmentally responsible tourism businesses with the award of Qualmark Enviro-Gold status.

A leading New Zealand winery has taken an out-of-the-ordinary approach to increasing its biodynamic efforts with the employment of a 22-year-old horse named Stewart.

An unexpected population explosion has the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre aquarium, on the Otago Peninsula, brimming with activity.

Whale watching and the study of New Zealand’s diverse marine life is a major tourist attraction and a national pastime, but come winter the recreational activity takes on a more serious note.

History will be repeating itself when world renowned botanist David Bellamy and a flock of endangered kōkako songbirds return to the New Zealand bush in September to commemorate an environmental milestone.

New Zealand’s kākāpō recovery team has successfully returned the last four kākāpō chicks to their birthplace on Whenua Hou / Codfish Island this morning (10.07.09), marking a significant milestone for the 2009 breeding season.

Forget tractors, lawn mowers and fuel ... a New Zealand winegrower has discovered an environmentally-friendly – and cute-as – answer to controlling the growth beneath his vines.

A New Zealand cruise operator specialising in wildlife and scenic tours of Akaroa and Lyttelton harbours - near Christchurch, in the South Island – is going the extra mile to save an endangered penguin.

A remote holiday cottage on the northern end of the Abel Tasman track in the South Island has become New Zealand’s most energy efficient house.