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Rugby World Cup spending bonanza slow to take off
The business spin-off from the Rugby World Cup is turning into a game where the bounce of the ball is crucial.
First Rugby World Cup visitors show up in stats
More than 4,000 international visitors to New Zealand who arrived last month are here for the Rugby World Cup, latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show.
Gondola in bush urged for city plan
A gondola ride over the bush of the Waitakere Ranges is proposed in a home-grown bid to boost environmental tourism in West Auckland.
North Island leads July bump in accommodation stats
There's been a healthy jump in accommodation number for July, with the North Island, particularly Auckland, leading the charge.
Rugby World Cup: Cyclists spread the oval ball gospel around the world
When two exhausted cyclists pull up to Eden Park on the evening of the World Cup final, few will know how far they've come.
Russians plan Hotel in the Heavens - 320km away
Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016.