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![Air NZ ditching last-minute standby fares](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Air NZ ditching last-minute standby fares
Air New Zealand has announced it will be getting rid of standby fares and says the move is driven by customer demand.
![Price rise for parks not on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Price rise for parks not on
Increasing the price of using national parks has been ruled out by the Department of Conservation as a way of making money.
![Auckland hotels report steady trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Auckland hotels report steady trade
Auckland hotels have had a year of steady trading with leisure, corporate and conference business returning to normal patterns following Rugby World Cup in 2011.
![Air Pacific's first A330 touches down in Fiji](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Air Pacific's first A330 touches down in Fiji
Air Pacific's first new Airbus A330 touched down on home soil today carrying the refreshed 'Fiji Airways' branding.
![Dunne sends 'time-bomb warning' to Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Dunne sends 'time-bomb warning' to Key
Peter Dunne has sent a "time bomb warning" to Prime Minister John Key, saying his "cut through" approach risks becoming "a major problem".
![Calls grow to push country's luxury tourism market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Calls grow to push country's luxury tourism market
A superyacht service business says the country is not doing enough to promote high end tourism.
![Dita De Boni: Spread the love a little further](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Dita De Boni: Spread the love a little further
The one thing that stood out to me is the sheer number of tourists that Waiheke pumps through each day, especially over summer, writes Dita De Boni.
![TVNZ land deal: Key retreats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
TVNZ land deal: Key retreats
Prime Minister John Key has backed away from statements to Parliament about SkyCity hatching a land deal with TVNZ.
![TVNZ: SkyCity hasn't asked us for land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
TVNZ: SkyCity hasn't asked us for land
TVNZ says it has had no approach from SkyCity to buy its land for the proposed convention centre, contrary to the Prime Minister's assurances yesterday.
![Treasury's SkyCity advice ignored](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Treasury's SkyCity advice ignored
Officials in one of Prime Minister John Key's departments disregarded Treasury advice to seek guidance in how to conduct SkyCity talks with honesty and integrity.
![Select treatment for SkyCity won't stop deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Select treatment for SkyCity won't stop deal
SkyCity got special treatment in its pitch to build the international convention centre - but nothing which will get in the way of a formal deal being struck.
![Heather Shotter: Let's tell the world what we're all about](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Heather Shotter: Let's tell the world what we're all about
The world knows us not only as New Zealand, but also as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud, Godzone, or - more recently - Middle-earth.
![SkyCity report critical of process](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
SkyCity report critical of process
SkyCity got special treatment on talks around the international convention centre after the Prime Minister personally intervened.
![Tourist spending lowest since 2001](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tourist spending lowest since 2001
The high New Zealand dollar has been partly blamed for a sharp dip in international visitor spending to its lowest level since 2001.
![Key: Deal doesn't mean more pokies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Key: Deal doesn't mean more pokies
Increasing pokie machine numbers at SkyCity doesn't mean more machines in New Zealand, says the Prime Minister.
![Aussie tourists switching off NZ - survey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Aussie tourists switching off NZ - survey
New Zealand is losing its appeal to its most important source of overseas visitors - Australia, according to a survey.
![Tightly controlled Chinese visitor market under spotlight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tightly controlled Chinese visitor market under spotlight
Tourism groups are looking at ways to reform the tightly controlled Chinese visitor market one industry leader says is failing to deliver the benefits it should.