cid:media:articles 2008-07-03T13:00:08Z Tourism New Zealand http://www.newzealand.com/travel/images/core/icon-fern.gif http://www.newzealand.com/travel/images/core/footer_logo_purenz.gif An uninhabited island just 30 minutes from Auckland city has become the latest New Zealand ecological restoration success story. <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=Zf1rXI"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=Zf1rXI" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/318875537" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:7B060E51-BCD8-304B-0733-8A70BE720361 2008-06-12T04:26:11Z 2008-06-24T05:17:32Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/naturesustainable-tourism/naturesustainabletourism_motuiheisland_feature.cfm?rss It’s the buzz word of the New Zealand tourism industry but what is kaitiakitanga? If you don’t know then tread carefully because it could hold the key to the future of the world.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=yj9kEI"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=yj9kEI" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/304527084" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:51DD033A-BCD8-304B-08FA-CB8A478F4C18 2008-06-04T04:36:56Z 2008-06-04T04:51:08Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/backgrounders/maori-culture/maoriculture_kaitiakitanga_backgrounder.cfm?rss Corporal Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata was the first winner of the new Victoria Cross (VC) of New Zealand, which was instituted in 1999.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=KV2bzH"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=KV2bzH" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/290156373" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:E4E76AD9-BCD8-304B-06D4-54B33D1813E4 2008-05-14T00:49:41Z 2008-05-14T01:01:47Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/backgrounders/personalities/personalities_willieapiata_backgrounders.cfm?rss There is an ancient whakatauki (proverb) of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people that metaphorically reflects on the inevitable fall of great leaders and the consequential uprising of the new generation to take their place.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=9WLGfH"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=9WLGfH" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/289428053" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:DFFD4825-BCD8-304B-0E90-197D4044DAAC 2008-05-13T01:55:28Z 2008-05-13T02:13:44Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/maori-culture/maoriculture_newgenerationwhakarewarewaguides_feature.cfm?rss A New Zealand invention - skates with a modern twist - has rolled out to become a multi million dollar company.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=F1dsX1G"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=F1dsX1G" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/276894942" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:7ED3DBE5-BCD8-304B-09B0-0BAB6F6903E5 2008-04-24T05:07:03Z 2008-04-24T05:17:56Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/story-angles/kiwi_innovation/08_apr_24_kiwiinnovation_skorpionskates_storyangle.cfm?rss Imagine hiking for six days, never seeing another soul and not even stepping out of a national park? If you don’t believe there’s such a place left on earth then you haven’t discovered Kahurangi National Park.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?a=0TPPICG"><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~f/media/articles?i=0TPPICG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~r/media/articles/~4/274693870" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:6E2171A6-BCD8-304B-0A7C-270A04BC6A6E 2008-04-20T23:18:15Z 2008-07-02T00:14:20Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/naturesustainable-tourism/08_apr_21_nature_kahurangi_feature.cfm?rss