News Archive: 2008: Social Trends

01, 2008 December:

NZ chips in as top golfing destination

New Zealand won an award for being the best 'Golf Destination of the Year 2009' at the International Golf Travel Market recently...

Insulation, insulation, insulation

More New Zealand homes will be warm and dry next winter because of an insulation funding programme...

27, 2008 November:

Fewer Brits opt for Oz

Whilst the number of Brits emigrating to Australia has declined, Kiwis are more than filling in the gaps, flooding into Australia faster than you can say ‘Gidday mate'...

21, 2008 November:

World's greenest destination

New Zealand has been named as the overall winner of this year's Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism awards...

17, 2008 November:

It's all about the winning

New Zealand has added yet another accolade to its overflowing stash of international plaudits, bagging the top spot in two categories in the World Travel Awards...

11, 2008 November:

Something old, something new

Forget the Zealand, it's all about the New this month with the country's new Prime Minister heralding a change to migration laws and new migrant visas being introduced...

05, 2008 November:

New community for life down under

If you are interested in emigrating to Australia or New Zealand, you should check out a new social networking website offering advice, information and chatting about making that big move...

28, 2008 October:

Kiwi man-drought

Forget battle of the sexes, we're talking imbalance of the sexes as New Zealand faces a severe man drought...

21, 2008 October:

There's something about New Zealand

New Zealand has been voted the favourite long-haul holiday destination in the recent annual Reader's Travel Awards...

03, 2008 October:

New life, New Zealand

New Zealand has topped a poll as the ideal place to live, ranking best for both quality of life and cost of living...