On a pool table at a Fox Glacier pub, a variety of drinks were arranged alongside the words "RIP Boys", as locals remembered their friends killed in Saturday's plane crash.

Westin Hotel workers, organised by the Unite Union, have issued a press release saying they have "vowed to fight for every job".

About 100 staff at the Auckland's five-star Westin hotel are losing their jobs as most of its rooms are shut down.

Westin Hotel's receivers are planning to shed up to 100 staff, throwing Rugby World Cup visitor plans into disarray, say investors in the property.

Two Christchurch car rental companies have been ordered to pay large fines and reparations for ripping off tourists.

Shelley Bridgeman sits in on an Auckland tour group to see what visitors learn about our city and to see it through a fresh pair of eyes.

A man whose daughter died in a bridge-swinging accident is applauding planned adventure tourism regulations but says the Govt should have moved sooner.

At Merrill Lynch in 1998, the ever-cheerful John Key was nicknamed "the smiling assassin" after he fired some 50 members of his team.

You can't legislate for stupidity, freak occurrences or the weather - but the Govt's proposal is a virtual admission current rules are too relaxed.

All risky adventure tourism businesses would have to be registered and pass an upfront safety audit to operate, under a new Government proposal.

A Wellington hotel receptionist confronted by a gunman today punched the man and then fled to an apartment across the road for help.