New York Yankees star pays flying visit

New York Yankees baseball star Curtis Granderson zips down Ziptrek's world's steepest tree-to-tree flying fox adventure on a whirlwind adventure tour of Queenstown.

Aside from his work as a humanitarian, philanthropist and educator, the 29-year-old centre-fielder is a major league baseball ambassador promoting the game in New Zealand courtesy of Baseball NZ.

He visited Queenstown as a guest of Tourism New Zealand.

"We were truly excited to welcome Curtis, as a sports hero with his own non-profit organisation - Grand Kids Foundation - to take part in our flying fox activity that embraces the combined message of social and environmental sustainability through play," Ziptrek Ecotours general manager Trent Yeo said.