Fiordland

New Zealand’s Tourism Industry Awards for 2009 announced this week include a Rotorua nature park, an entrepreneurial young leader and man credited for making tourism one of the country’s most valuable industries.

New Zealand’s Milford Sound, described by Rudyard Kipling as the 'eighth wonder of the world', has been shortlisted in a global search for the new seven natural wonders of the world.

A cheeky New Zealand parrot has flown off with a British visitor’s passport after plucking it from the courier bag of a tourist bus in the South Island.

Eight New Zealand conservation projects have been named among the top ecological projects in Australasia after an 18-month search by an expert panel.

Scientists surveying ‘china shops’ - or untouched underwater areas - of Fiordland, New Zealand are excited by the discovery of some new and fragile species they believe will add strength to the area being recognised as a world heritage park.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound is now third in the global race to find the world’s ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ - thanks to enthusiastic on-line voters.

New Zealand’s iconic Milford Sound has moved up the rankings in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’ as on-line voters help to heat up competition.

British actor, author and comedian Stephen Fry has been on the receiving end of some unusually close encounters during a BBC filming expedition in New Zealand.

Spectacular Milford Sound, on New Zealand’s southern West Coast, will compete against some of the world's great scenic marvels in a global search for the ‘Seven Wonders of Nature’.