Nature / Sustainable Tourism

A small relatively young New Zealand winery has won a top international pinot noir award, beating 19 other countries including many of the world’s most famous wine producers.

New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) has picked up a major international award for two conservation projects.

Love is in the air for Conservation Week 2010 – themed ‘Love New Zealand’ – and conservation’s noisiest spokesperson is busy tweeting out the message.

A creative and ambitious project that combines indulgent foods with horticulture, promises to tempt visitors to New Zealand’s next major garden festival – the 2011 Ellerslie International Flower Show.

Millions of tonnes of glacial icebergs are providing a rare natural spectacle on the Tasman Glacier terminal lake, in New Zealand’s South Island.

New Zealand’s honey for health pioneer, Claude Stratford, has turned 100 years old today (18.8.2010) – a walking advertisement for the natural bee products he’s made world famous.

A Marlborough high country merino sheep station has become one of the largest covenanted private conservation areas in New Zealand.

Discarded New Zealand farm fence posts are the raw material behind an international beauty industry innovation.

Freedom campers wanting to take advantage of New Zealand’s unspoilt environment are being given a simple message – if there's no toilet, don't camp there.

A Kiwi wildlife worker is leaving her daily routine of tending endangered species, to line up in London as New Zealand’s only whistle-blower at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.