The Great Journeys of New Zealand brand of passenger trains geared toward the increasing tourism industry in New Zealand. The new brand, named KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, was launched with a new breed of AK-class carriages designed to showcase New Zealand's scenery, as well as providing long-distance passenger train services. During the transformation, the TranzCoastal train was rebranded as the Coastal Pacific and the Overlander became the Northern Explorer; whereas the TranzAlpine's name was retained. Meanwhile, KiwiRail's ferry brand, Interislander, was building on its core business taking vehicles and freight across Cook Strait and looking to promote the trip as an iconic tourism experience and a scenic
New Zealand flatworm plants. It has been suggested that they might thrive in parts of western Norway, southern Sweden, Denmark, Germany and northern parts of Poland, if they invade these regions. Similar invasions of other terrestrial planarians are occurring in many other parts of the world. For example, planarians of the genus "Bipalium" are widely distributed in North America, and planarians of the genus "Platydemus" on many islands in the Pacific. "Platydemus manokwari" has recently (2013) been found in Europe. New Zealand flatworm The New Zealand flatworm ("Arthurdendyus triangulatus") is a large land flatworm native to New Zealand. It can vary from 5