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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.
Tourism vital to Haiti's wrecked economy
The Independent's Simon Calder says it's not too soon for cruise ships to return to the benighted nation.
Great Barrier - island that tough times forgot
It may take effort to get to, and be reminiscent of a gentler age, but Great Barrier Island appears to have survived the recession.
Tamaki in tourism fight
Bishop Brian Tamaki has riled Waitomo locals with his commercialisation plans for Te Kopua marae.
French tourist on bail after fatal collision
A French tourist facing charges over a fatal collision with a motorbike in Waikato on Saturday has briefly appeared in court.
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.
<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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Tim Adams roams the 17 decks and neighbourhoods of The Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest 'megaliner'.