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![Auckland Airport buys stake in Queensland airports](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland Airport buys stake in Queensland airports
Auckland International Airport says it is spending $166m on a 24.55pc stake in the company that owns two airports in Queensland.
![More than a wharf needed to encourage cruise ships](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
More than a wharf needed to encourage cruise ships
For 17 days last year, up to 2000 passengers got off their luxury liner and stepped onto a wharf with a tin shed and little in the way of basic services.
![<i>Al Morrison:</i> Conservation makes good business sense](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Al Morrison:</i> Conservation makes good business sense
DoC Director-General Al Morrison weighs in the debate surrounding the controversial Cathedral Cove refreshments stall.
![Police: Teach tourists road rules](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police: Teach tourists road rules
Police want more effort to be put into educating foreign tourists about driving in New Zealand to stop them dying on our roads.
![Great Barrier wants cycleway link](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Great Barrier wants cycleway link
Great Barrier Island is emphasising its wealth of natural features and paucity of cars in an application to become part of the New Zealand Cycleway.
![Holiday ruined by spying neighbours](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Holiday ruined by spying neighbours
A family were evicted from their rental bach and left $1300 out of pocket after a neighbour dobbed them in for breaking the rules.
![Sailing with a sea monster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sailing with a sea monster
Tim Adams roams the 17 decks and neighbourhoods of The Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest 'megaliner'.
![Zero-risk approach 'would kill outdoor guiding'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Zero-risk approach 'would kill outdoor guiding'
The outdoor guiding industry needs to make greater efforts to control hazards, the Labour Department says in a report on the death of a guide on Aoraki/Mt Cook.
![Thousands head for New Year hotspots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Thousands head for New Year hotspots
Holiday hotspots are filling fast, as New Zealanders prepare to celebrate the New Year.
!['Nothing but positive feedback' for Cathedral Cove stall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Nothing but positive feedback' for Cathedral Cove stall
The owner of a seaside stall that locals accuse of spoiling pristine Cathedral Cove says tourists are relieved to see him at the end of a long, hot walk.
![<i>Celebrating success:</i> Strategy in the board game room](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Celebrating success:</i> Strategy in the board game room
There is a clique of people who play board games all year round.
![Anger as icecream stall opens in 'paradise'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Anger as icecream stall opens in 'paradise'
Residents and holidaymakers are appalled by a DoC-approved icecream stall operating at Coromandel's Cathedral Cove.
![<i>Phil O'Reilly:</i> 'Clean and green' is a fantasy that sets us up to fail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Phil O'Reilly:</i> 'Clean and green' is a fantasy that sets us up to fail
Business NZ CEO Phil O'Reilly says there's more to like about NZ than the "clean and green" image.
![NZ town named among world's top spots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ town named among world's top spots
A global travel magazine highlights Kaikoura as a place to have a whale of a time over Christmas.
![Tourist numbers edge up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tourist numbers edge up
The number of visitors arriving from overseas edged up slightly in November compared to a year earlier.