Adventure

Global movers and shakers are in New Zealand’s best known alpine resort Queenstown, showing off their bartending prowess in the 2008 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup.

Readers of the highly acclaimed Condé Nast Traveller magazine rated New Zealand as their favourite country in the world as part of the 2008 Reader’s Travel Awards.

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 New Zealand adrenaline junkie has bungy jumped his way into the Guinness Book of World Records by leaping off the Auckland Harbour Bridge 103 times in 10 hours.

A New Zealand radio engineer who is attempting to break the world record for bungy jumping says he’s fit and ready to begin his marathon leaps off the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

New Zealand’s oldest immigrant, who’s just turned 103, says he’s still happy with life in New Zealand and uses the internet to keep in touch with his homeland, Britain.

A Kiwi woman now claims something few others can – she has jumped out of a plane 10,000 times.

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

New Zealand hero Sir Edmund Hillary was famed for conquering Everest but may also have unwittingly knocked off one of the world's greatest mysteries - the existence of the yeti.

Tourists riding the popular Tranz Alpine rail link across New Zealand’s South Island will soon be enjoying a more luxurious journey.