Nature / Sustainable Tourism

A new environmental rating system believed to be a world first, for tourism businesses, has just been launched in New Zealand

Air New Zealand could be running its entire domestic fleet on biofuel in the not too distant future according to the company’s chief executive Rob Fyfe.

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

A New Zealand outdoor clothing company is supporting the country’s 100% Pure image with a novel marketing strategy that’s included the introduction of a ‘baa-code’.

Air New Zealand has been named one of the top four airlines in the world in a survey by British consumer magazine Which?

Heavy snowfalls over New Zealand's North Island ski resorts on the Central Plateau might have brought chilly temperatures but scientists are more interested in a hotspot that remains in the Mt Ruapehu crater lake.

Male tuatara could face a lonely future as global warming continues to affect New Zealand’s living dinosaurs.

New Zealand’s commitment to environmental sustainability has paid off with the country scoring seventh place out of more than 140 countries for its effort.

New Zealand tourists keen to swim with dolphins but put off by cool water temperatures, especially in winter, can breathe a sigh of relief.

In case you didn’t know - underwater ambient noise around New Zealand’s coast gets louder twice a day. And now scientists have discovered why.