Nature / Sustainable Tourism

A new wildlife centre that offers the best chance to see New Zealand’s rarest rowi kiwi will open at Franz Josef, on the West Coast of the South Island next month.

Adventure-loving backpackers wanting to get a taste of what Sir Edmund Hillary would call “base camp” can now bunk down in style at the foot of Aoraki Mount Cook, in New Zealand’s South Island.

Two young female backpackers are aiming to walk the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa - a foot trail opening soon which will span the entire country.

Smelly kiwis and other whiffy native birds would be better protected if they used deodorant, according to a Canterbury biological scientist looking into predator-prone New Zealand species.

The New Zealand Cycle Trail project has entered a momentous stage of development with final funding approved this week for the last of the 18 ‘Great Rides’ that will form the nationwide cycle network.

An award-winning American travel writer on a ‘luggage free’ journey around the world touched down in Queenstown this week – the last international port of call on his five-week whirlwind ‘no baggage challenge’.

Visitors will soon have a choice of routes when strolling along the scenic shores of Lake Wanaka – with the opening of three new river and lakeside walking tracks.

Two of the rarest birds in the world have announced their retirement and are moving house so they can spend their twilight years in the comfort of Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch.

A rocky start in life – including a 7.1 earthquake – couldn’t keep Orana Wildlife Park’s newest little kiwi down.

Little Richter – the first kiwi hatched in the 2010 season at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve – has proved that it takes a lot to crack a kiwi.