Spring

Food and wine enthusiasts are priming their taste buds for New Zealand’s newest summer highlight – a 10-day food and wine festival of mouth-watering events served up in a premium food and wine destination.

A walk on the wild side is all in a day’s work at Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki where hosts Gerry McSweeney and Anne Saunders share their passion for New Zealand’s natural environment.

Tickets for New Zealand’s premier wine, food and music event - Toast Martinborough – sold out in just 24 minutes when released for sale this week.

A leading New Zealand boutique wine-producing region is opening its cellar doors to rugby tourists with a rare behind-the-scenes festival event that’s set to reveal some inner secrets.

With 85,000 international visitors in the country, Rugby World Cup will showcase New Zealand to a global audience of discerning travellers – and, away from the rugby field, it’s Kiwi food and wine that’s likely to attract the most sustained interest.

A team of All Blacks rugby legends will play a feature match against some famous old French rivals in Queenstown this September in a clash of the “classics” to celebrate New Zealand’s rugby heritage.

Auckland is on 'Cloud' nine, Wellington’s launching a waka, Nelson’s taking a long Italian lunch, Bluff’s reserving the juiciest oysters, Westland’s celebrating whitebait, and wineries all over New Zealand are dusting off their vintage best.

Tickets for New Zealand’s premier wine, food and music event – Toast Martinborough – are about to go on sale with organisers bracing themselves for a repeat of last year when 10,000 sold out in just 13 minutes.

Spring is a prime time for garden enthusiasts and the combination of climate, creative planting, centuries of nurturing and a picturesque backdrop make Dunedin’s Rhododendron Festival a highlight event on New Zealand calendar.

The state of emergency has been lifted in New Zealand’s Canterbury region and life is returning to normal two weeks on from the serious earthquake on 4 September.