Companion animals - pets - are essential parts of life for the majority of New Zealanders. Each year, Companion Animals New Zealand (CANZ) releases a report on the companion animal population. CANZ pr… read more

6 July 2022 for immediate releaseNZ Post’s new stamps showcase artwork from IHC Art AwardsFour winning artworks from the IHC Art Awards L’affare People’s Choice Award (2019 – 2021) category will featu… read more

History of New Zealand stamps New Zealand first issued postal stamps on 18 July 1855, 15 years after the British. New Zealand's first stamps Pictorials Kings and Queens Exhibition...… read more

WPS100 Stamp Show, Porirua  The Wellington Philatelic Society celebrated its centenary with a stamp exhibition. WPS100 Stamp Show on 11-13 November 2022 at the Te Rauparaha Arena, 17 Parumoana...… read more

NZ Post’s 2021 Pride stamp celebrates the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Takatāpui, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTTQIA+) community, and allies, and all other Rainbow identities not covered in this acronym, iden… read more

   Royalpex 2025 National Stamp Exhibition If you live in New Zealand or are planning a visit, make sure that you mark 7 - 9 March in your calendar and head along to the Barber Hall in...… read more

NZ Post is over the moon (Pandora, that is) to announce the release of the world’s first Avatar: The Way Of Water stamps and commemorative coins as the much-anticipated film hits cinemas around the gl… read more

Erin Forsyth’s botanical art is the creative force behind the 2026 Foraging stamp issue. The original artworks were created by hand using Forsyth’s preferred medium for painting – gouache. Beginning… read more

NZ Post are giving Kiwi pet owners the opportunity to have their cherished companions appear on a new stamp collection with contest entries invited through its Collectables Facebook page. NZ Post’s He… read more

For many centuries flowers have been used to celebrate, commemorate and mourn our most significant events. As early as 2500 BCE Egyptians were creating elaborate floral displays for burials and proces… read more

Birds that don't fly, frogs that live in the forest and a river that's legally a person - Aotearoa New Zealand could be regarded to be a bit of an oddball nation. Alongside the country’s reputation fo… read more

On 20 September 2025, philatelists and collectors will get the chance to purchase New Zealand’s rarest stamp, the Taupō Invert. This unique specimen, a 4d Lake Taupō stamp from the 1902-07 Pictorial… read more