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Sky City profits up 30pc
SkyCity Entertainment has announced a 29.6 per cent or $16.2 million rise in its first half after-tax profit to $71.02m.
Fishing: Kiwiana calling
When you drive through the Awakino Gorge, you notice the sparkling stream down in the bed of the valley.
Summer accommodation numbers start to look up
New accommodation stats show total guest nights for 2009 were down one per cent from the year before, but there was a 4 per cent rise in December.
Beheadings, shootings, yet violent death rate dropping
Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police are all part and parcel of life in Mexico.
Italy: Top hotels willing to strike a good deal
Even budget travellers in Italy can afford to factor in some luxury, writes Peter Bills.
Huka Lodge wins travel award
A New Zealand luxury lodge has been recognised for its consistent high standards by a century-old English high society magazine.
Snub for squillionaire's superyachts
Big-spending overseas millionaires' superyachts are being turned away from Auckland because of lack of decent berths.
Maori greeters: 100% pure fake
A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.
Kelly Tarlton's: In at the deep end with scary sharks
Jaqueline Smith put her hand up for a swim in Kelly Tarlton's Shark Cage and was relieved it wasn't bitten off.
Samoa back in business
Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.
$1.88m Beckham match 'wrong event, wrong time'
A sporting disaster involving football superstar David Beckham was the wrong event at the wrong time and for the wrong price, a review has found.
Poker players heading to town
A field of local and international card sharps are honing their competitive poker skills for a Auckland’s first big tournament of the year.