New Zealand has won the battle for Middle-earth. Oscar winning Wellington film maker Peter Jackson, is set to make two movies based on The Hobbit.

You can't beat the love of a Southern Man….and the South Island's scenery and relaxed lifestyle could be their inspiration.

A million-dollar research programme is underway looking at using traditional Maori foods in contemporary cuisine.

Comfort is key for an increasing number of Australians choosing a less typical method of ‘crossing the ditch’ to New Zealand.

An exclusive Maori culture tour has been named as one of the World’s Best Day Trips by international magazine Conde Nast Traveller.

They may have relatively small heads but according to researchers Kiwis are no bird brains.

A major new discount card has been launched which is set to inject more than a million dollars back into Maori tourism every year.

A UK survey has voted New Zealand the best country on earth.

He came, he played, he went…New Zealand has had its first taste of Beckham fever, and for a country world renown for its rugby, the fans showed changing codes may not necessarily be a bad thing.

New Zealand scientists have discovered a bacterium that may help to counter global warming.