My first experience of getting behind the wheel of a left-hand-drive car was a thrilling one, writes Peter Calder.

The Government has announced 13 grants totalling $970,000 for upkeep and improvement of the New Zealand Cycle Trail.

The government has announced an investment plan to develop tourism in Kiribati.

A decade ago tourism revenue was growing at around 6 per cent a year. Average spending per visitor was close to $3000 and international tourism topped dairy as our top export earner.

An overhaul of adventure tourism safety rules ordered by Prime Minister John Key has hit trouble - and a grieving father is furious.

Tourism chief Martin Snedden is fighting construction of a concrete cycleway running past the family holiday home even though it is considered a boon for tourists.

New Zealand needs tourists who spend more money, rather than just more people through the airport gates, Prime Minister John Key says.

Prime Minister John Key has revealed his expensive tastes when unwinding at his favourite holiday destination, Queenstown.

International tourists could be charged to enter national parks under plans presented to Tourism Minister John Key.

Multimillionaire star and entourage were wined and dined at fancy hotels ... at taxpayers' expense.

NZ tourism operators are concerned about the effect Kiwis' overseas holidays are having at home.

The revamped design for the troubled Rugby World Cup "party central" on Auckland's waterfront is a structure that has been dubbed "The Cloud".

At Merrill Lynch in 1998, the ever-cheerful John Key was nicknamed "the smiling assassin" after he fired some 50 members of his team.