Adventure

The discovery of a new and very deep cave near Nelson in New Zealand's South Island is being hailed as the biggest news in the history of New Zealand caving.

Thirty-three years after his father became the first person to row across the Tasman, Shaun Quincey arrived on New Zealand’s 90 Mile beach - completing a 54-day row from Australia.

Re-tracing the footsteps of New Zealand’s early settlers across some of the country’s most remote and dramatic landscape has become an annual pilgrimage in Central Otago, New Zealand.

After completing a mammoth 50-day expedition, the first New Zealand woman to ski to the South Pole is due home on 15 January and looking forward to sunshine and a belated Christmas dinner.

New Zealand’s latest tourist attraction – a mix of adrenalin buzz and a dose of environmental awareness – is about to launch in the country’s adventure capital, Queenstown.

A world-first attempt to run New Zealand’s seven internationally renowned ‘Great Walks’ in seven consecutive days will provide an epic fundraising mission.

New Zealand is taking a giant leap into the space race as the country’s first rocket launch counts-down, and the first-ever Kiwi female astronaut readies for take-off.

New Zealand yachting hero Sir Peter Blake is the focus of a major permanent exhibition due to open soon (12.12.09) on the Auckland waterfront.

The first New Zealand woman to ski to the South Pole is due to embark on her epic journey today (12.11.09) as part of an all-female expedition to mark a Commonwealth milestone.

Kiwi Experience, the New Zealand tour company that pioneered the hop-on hop-off bus network for backpackers, has won a significant Australasian tourism award.