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.

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.

Child Youth and Family are supporting a teenager charged with a violent sex attack on a tourist visiting Waiheke Island.

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.

Whangamata has cemented itself as the top summer holiday spot for the fifth year running, according to home booking website Bookabach.

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.

SkyCity and the company that runs the SkyWalk adventure on its tower have said very little since the incident on Saturday.

The great Kiwi camping holiday seems to be dropping out of favour, with few people willing to rough it in the wild without some modern comforts.

Health experts say Kiwis travelling to Indonesia should pay close attention to the source of any alcohol they drink, and avoid jugs of pre-made liquor.

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".

Tourists say a rogue operator promised them visits to farms, geyser parks and buffet dinners - but instead took them to free events.

The North Island of New Zealand is the second best place in the world to get a tattoo, according to travel bible Lonely Planet.

A teenager has reportedly been blinded after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail in Bali.

The world's most populous nation has toppled the UK as NZ's second-biggest pool for visitors, though still well behind Australia.

The head of China Southern Airlines wants to forge a relationship with Air New Zealand to build on each others' domestic networks.

A group of more than 200 top Chinese travel agents have arrived in Auckland on a double-decker Airbus A380 plane.

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.

A new Government report shows campervan tourists are spending close to $500m a year in New Zealand.

In a sign of the times motorhome rental operator Tourism Holdings is setting up RV supermarkets in Auckland and Christchurch.

New Zealand's ports are at a critical point - improve their infrastructure to support the expanding cruise ship industry or lose the business.