Nature / Sustainable Tourism

Anyone visiting New Zealand in September will get a unique chance to ‘meet the locals,’ Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga, as part of the country’s annual Conservation Week.

New Zealand’s natural beauty, Māori cultural experiences, small towns and main tourist centres have earned high praise in The Lonely Planet’s new guidebook released today.

A high–profile sex romp between a century old New Zealand tuatara and his child bride has proved highly productive and could result in 11 offspring.

New Zealand’s top tourist operators have been recognised in the country’s annual Tourism Industry Awards with a flexi travel network taking out the supreme prize for 2008.

New Zealand is one of the top five most popular tourist destinations in the world, according to an international survey.

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.

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

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.

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

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.