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No takers on drug tourism proposal
Prime Minister and Tourism Minster John Key won't be drawn into the debate over legalising cannabis to aid tourism, using Northland as a trial area.
Martin Snedden: Easing visas will unlock Chinese market
This decision was made within the context of a wider Govt strategy designed to better optimise the opportunities presented by our fastest-growing visitor market, writes Martin Snedden.
Matamata ready for Hobbit tourism boom
The pub featured in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies will become the centre piece of Matamata's Hobbiton Tour.
Fortunes still rising for Queenstown's gondola
It was one of the most innovative ideas in New Zealand tourism but 45 years after the Skyline gondola in Queenstown carried its first passengers to the top of Bob's Peak, the company behind it has achieved more than anyone believed possible.
Editorial: Govt's deal with one airline wrong
These are lean times for tourism. New Zealand is competing with 140 other destinations to attract them and appears to be doing quite well.
China Southern super jumbo coming to NZ
China Southern Airlines will be flying its double decker super jumbo to Auckland next month.
Brian Rudman: Bring back Nanny State
Pike River is a Third World scandal we thought could never happen in a modern civilised country such as ours, writes Brian Rudman.
China tourist spend jumps nearly 40pc
Money spent by Chinese visitors to New Zealand has soared nearly 40 per cent in the past year, taking it past the UK as our second biggest source of tourism dollars.
Job losses as Air NZ cuts services
Air New Zealand is pulling out of its Hong Kong to London service from March next year, a move that is expected to shed around 70 London-based jobs.
Air NZ gets the keys to new plane
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of the first of its new ATR 72-600 regional aircraft.
Airlines slash holiday-season fares
Flight prices are being slashed as airlines and travel agents make the most of the holiday season drawing nearer.
Bruce Wills: Rural life and culture set us apart
By banning promotional imagery of Maori and country scenes, Tourism NZ is denying our global uniqueness.
Mall-time in Malaysia
Jane Phare tours the markets and malls of Kuala Lumpur to snap up bargains, drool over designer labels and hunt for a scooter.
Sheep and haka on blacklist
Foreign television shows are to be steered away from filming sheep and Maori culture after complaints from tourism bosses it's a negative image.
Can an Aussie company do a good job selling NZ's image?
A contract for "the New Zealand Story" - the Government's campaign to promote the country internationally - has been given to a largely Australian design agency - Principals. Send us Your Views.
Aussies hired to sell NZ
A contract for "the New Zealand Story" - the Government's campaign to promote the country internationally - has been given to a mostly Australian design agency.
Sports major gainer from pokies
New Zealand's most popular sports have taken nearly $1 billion in gambling proceeds in the last seven years, records show.