Kiwi comedians and 'Flight of the Conchords' duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are set to guest star in the world’s longest-running sitcom – The Simpsons.

New Zealand has become a giant catwalk for some of the world’s most beautiful young women – as the latest episodes of hit TV series 'America’s Next Top Model' screen in the US.

A pair of rugby-loving Brits will set off from London this weekend on an intrepid 18-month, 18-country journey to the New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup – on bicycles.

Leading New Zealand sculptor Chris Booth has been invited to create a major UK£12 million underground feature for England's renowned Eden Project.

New Zealand has confirmed its reputation as a rugby-loving nation – just one day after tickets went on public sale, the 2011 Rugby World Cup has become the country’s biggest money-making event.

A project designed to pull the eyes of the world back onto the benefits of wool has brought international architects together in New Zealand to design a “woolly” hotel complex.

Tween idol Justin Bieber’s whirlwind New Zealand visit got off to a flying leap when he bungy jumped off the Auckland Harbour Bridge this morning.

A major art exhibition of works by 41 Kiwi artists is to be held in Italy to commemorate New Zealand’s involvement – 66 years ago – in the WWII Battle of Monte Cassino.

A New Zealand icon – the humble Kiwi bach – is destined to become a White House near-neighbour next year, as part of an international competition for sustainable architecture.

A select group of native kiwi will get right royal treatment when they fly with the air force as part of New Zealand’s largest-ever wildlife transfer next week.