Royalty, politicians, artists and performers will be among the crowds taking part in Waitangi Day - New Zealand’s national holiday - celebrations this Friday (6.02.09).

Recreating Bluff’s famous paua shell house as an exhibit at Canterbury Museum in Christchurch has proved a resounding success with visitors giving 100 percent positive feedback.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound has moved up the rankings in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ as on-line voters help to heat up competition.

Swiss racing car drivers in New Zealand for the Taupo A1GP event were not only victorious on the track but also vocal in their praise for the country.

Fast boats and world famous yachtsmen are no strangers to Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour but the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series will provide some extraordinary scenes when racing gets underway this Friday (30.01.09).

It seems fatherhood has no age limit especially in the reptile community – an 111-year-old New Zealand tuatara has just become a Dad for the first time.

A rare New Zealand penguin chick is happily back in the wild after turning up in the heart of Christhchurch city - more than 10 kilometres from his coastal home.

Māori culture teams from all over New Zealand are polishing their performance arts as they ready themselves to compete at the country’s biggest kapa haka festival next month.

The world’s top yachtsmen have begun arriving in New Zealand for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, a friendly summer regatta that will bring top sailing teams together for the first time since the 2007 America’s Cup.

A summer art exhibition that combines dramatic outdoor sculpture with spectacular coastal scenery – all in a short ferry ride from Auckland – has opened to the public for a three week season.