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Success: Asia sales focus delivers growth
Putting out the welcome mat for Chinese tourists has set up Rotorua's Agrodome for what it hopes will be a record year of growth.
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Teen suspect in sex attack on UK tourist
Child Youth and Family are supporting a teenager charged with a violent sex attack on a tourist visiting Waiheke Island.
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NZ third dearest to visit
New Zealand is the third-most expensive place in the world to visit based on the prices of meals, drinks and other tourist items, says a British survey.
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Whangamata tops bach spots
Whangamata has cemented itself as the top summer holiday spot for the fifth year running, according to home booking website Bookabach.
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Waiheke must-see, says NY Times
Waiheke Island has been dubbed a must-visit destination for 2013 by the New York Times - a tourism coup an advertising executive says many would give their eye teeth for.
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Editorial: Safety first approach essential for Antarctica
Editorial: Once, the Prime Minister's visit to Antarctica this week would have placed him among a select group. Not any more.
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Stuck bus in less danger than it appeared, says boss
Heavy machinery was needed to winch out a tour bus that became stuck in soft sand on Ninety Mile Beach.
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Editorial: Make SkyWalk totally secure before it can reopen
SkyCity and the company that runs the SkyWalk adventure on its tower have said very little since the incident on Saturday.
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Poisoned drink kills Kiwi teen
A Kiwi teenager has died after drinking a methanol-laced drink while celebrating New Year in Indonesia - and his grandfather says the death is "murder, really".
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Tourist: We were conned
Tourists say a rogue operator promised them visits to farms, geyser parks and buffet dinners - but instead took them to free events.
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NZ tattoos are world class
The North Island of New Zealand is the second best place in the world to get a tattoo, according to travel bible Lonely Planet.
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Drink blinds teen on holiday
A teenager has reportedly been blinded after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail in Bali.
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China now second biggest visitor pool
The world's most populous nation has toppled the UK as NZ's second-biggest pool for visitors, though still well behind Australia.
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Chinese travel agents touch down in NZ
A group of more than 200 top Chinese travel agents have arrived in Auckland on a double-decker Airbus A380 plane.
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Beijing opens its door to Kiwi travellers in transit
China has named New Zealand as one of 45 countries whose people will be allowed to stay in Beijing visa-free for up to three days during a transit break from a trip to another destination.
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Happy campers spend freely
A new Government report shows campervan tourists are spending close to $500m a year in New Zealand.
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THL opens surplus RV supermarkets
In a sign of the times motorhome rental operator Tourism Holdings is setting up RV supermarkets in Auckland and Christchurch.
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Ports need better facilities to help cruise industry grow
New Zealand's ports are at a critical point - improve their infrastructure to support the expanding cruise ship industry or lose the business.
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PM: '100% Pure' marketing
John Key has dismissed criticism of New Zealand's "100% Pure" brand, by comparing it to a McDonalds marketing campaign.
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Editorial: 100 Pure critic needs to be fair and accurate
Editorial: Russel Norman is absolutely right to say that scientists must be free to perform their academic duty to report environmental degradation.
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Kiwis put Hanmer top
The 101 best things about New Zealand have been listed - and there are a few you wouldn't expect.