The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

Rod Millen celebrated his 60th birthday with an invite-only hillclimb event at his Coromandel property.  It is no time to slow down entering his 6th decade of motor sport.

A clutch of Kiwis on scooters are preparing to assault New Zealand’s Southern Alps on a winter-time expedition – the Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari – that will take them across the South Island. …

International travel website IgoUgo.com (part of Travelocity) has named Wanaka’s Puzzling World among the world’s top 10 most weird attractions for tourists. [igougo post]
Puzzling World marketing manager Duncan Spear …

As winter snow time approaches, New Zealand’s ski areas are already busy preparing for another bumper 2010 ski season with many new developments designed to enhance the Kiwi ski holiday experience.
Turoa Ski Area …

Some of New Zealand’s oldest inhabitants, the Tuatara, are continuing to be sucessfully breed in captivity.
For the second time in two months, New Zealand’s rare tuatara population has produced some surprising results with a …

Katikati – a small New Zealand coastal town with a proud rugby history – has launched itself as a 2011 Rugby World Cup destination by erecting a bigger-than-life rugby ball as a tourist …

The Carter Observatory in the Botanical Gardens in Wellington has recently reopened after a two year, $6 million makeover. It is New Zealand’s longest-serving national observatory, opened in 1941, and is a Category II registered …