Adventure

A group of Kiwi champion skiers and surfers has scored a world first in an ambitious feat thought to be only possible in New Zealand – skiing five different mountains and surfing five different breaks in just five days.

Some of the world's best young surfers will be riding the waves at Piha - on Auckland's wild west coast - when New Zealand plays host next January to the World Junior Surfing Champs.

The picturesque town of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand’s South Island has been listed as one of the world’s 10 most romantic places to have a holiday.

Pacific maritime history came to life on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour today (15.4.11) as a fleet of traditional waka prepared to set sail on a 27,000km ocean voyage.

The name’s Bert and the scene is Invercargill, New Zealand. The story is of one man’s great vision and ground-breaking invention – and it’s the plot for a feature film. Sound familiar?

Two Brits with a couple of bicycles are the ultimate rugby fans – Londoners Tom Hudson and Jodie Burton have cycled almost 28,000km through 28 countries to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup tournament.

The Queenstown company credited with launching commercial tandem skydiving in New Zealand has turned 20, and is celebrating becoming a multi-award winning thrill-provider for more than 170,000 high flyers.

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.

An outlandish stunt has created ballooning history, high above the New Zealand countryside.

Adventure tourism pioneers AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch tandem jumped for joy as they celebrated 20 years of adrenalin thrills at Queenstown’s Kawarau Bridge yesterday (12.11.08).