Tourism
You've been spelling Franz Josef all wrong
It's the same name, but new spelling for the West Coast tourism spot as the New Zealand Geographic Board proposes to correct a more than century-old typo.
Hotel choosing robots over staff: 'No training, no leave'
Imagine virtual wine tastings from 31,000 feet, robot room service and exploring countries from the comfort of a couch.
Tourism industry summit outlines plan for Aotearoa until 2050
The tourism industry has launched its strategy to address perceived underfunding, grow its workforce and become net carbon zero.
Virtual wine tasting & robot room service: New tech in tourism
Imagine virtual wine tastings from 31,000 feet, robot room service and exploring countries from the comfort of your couch. That's what the tourism industry is exploring while grappling with new… Audio
How Phar Lap's skin, bones and heart became 'holy relics'
Opinion - When the legendary Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in 1930, he brought together strands of colonial history and mythology that are only now properly visible, Katie Pickles writes.
World Choir Games: Eight months and counting
As choral festivals go, they don't come much bigger than the World Choir Games, and Aucklander John Rosser is right in the thick of it. Audio
Bridge spanning gorge to 'last 100 years'
Work has begun on a 110-metre suspension bridge over the Manganui Gorge on Taranaki Maunga, marking a new phase of the Taranaki Crossing project.
Whakaari/ White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ's tourism industry
Analysis - A court decision finding the owners of Whakaari / White Island guilty of breaching workplace safety laws could have implications for adventure tourism, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and James…
The Week in Detail: Pasifika MPs, 95bFM, and comic books
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Fifty years of Planet-wide adventure
The book that was for many years a travellers’ bible turns 50 this year. But with instant information available anywhere, how will Lonely Planet keep up? Audio
Cruise control: Lyttelton to bus passengers straight to Christchurch
Incoming cruise ship passengers will be bussed straight from Lyttelton's port to Christchurch.
Campaign to bring back Dunedin-Brisbane flights takes off
A Dunedin boy is on a mission to get direct international flights taking off at Dunedin Airport again.
Heaphy Track reopens, thousands already booked in
A small West Coast town is looking forward to the long-awaited reopening of the South Island's Heaphy Track. Audio
Visitors return to Cathedral Cove, but only by sea and with rules in place
A Coromandel tour operator now has limited access to a key tourism drawcard after eight months of a rāhui. Audio
Spending by Australian visitors up compared to pre-pandemic
Australian holiday goers spent about 20 percent more compared to pre-Covid levels despite arrivals not fully recovering, new figures suggest.
Google maps error putting off would-be visitors to Coromandel
Thames - Coromandel is on the map but in the wrong way and the local mayor says it's putting much needed visitors off. Google's online map service is displaying out of date road closure information… Video, Audio
$3.3m water slides to open with features not seen in NZ before
Two new $3.2 million hydro slides are about to open at Canterbury's Hanmer Springs pools, with some flashy features.
New slides open at Hanmer Springs
Two new state-of-the-art slides will be available at Hanmer Springs pools from Wednesday.
The Violet Vortex and Waiau Winder, named by a public vote, feature lighting and visual technology never seen… Audio
ComCom green lights Spirit of Queenstown acquisition
A South Island tourism operator is set to secure a Queenstown cruise boat enterprise from a competitor that received nearly $7 million dollars of government support during the pandemic.
Cruise industry expecting 'biggest season we've had'
The cruise industry is banking on a record summer as new luxury operators Disney and Virgin Voyages enter the market.