Tourism

The government has thrown some tourism businesses an economic lifeline and also suggested some of them get out of the game altogether.

A $200 million fund has been announced for struggling operators… Video, Audio

The government's outlined a 200 million dollar plan to reset and rebuild the tourism industry. The money will go towards new programmes including mental health support, Māori development and small… Audio

The Cook Island's Fresh Fish company lost 95 percent of its business when tourists stopped visiting. It supplied hotels and restaurants. Now fishers are back working thanks to a marketing campaign to… Audio

Blenheim-born and Wellington-bred Shannon Digby is a mum of three who lives in Zons, a fairy-tale village on the edge of the Rhine river in the mid-West of Germany.  Audio

A huge drop in tourists in Fiji due to the pandemic has meant growing your own food in Fiji is not only making a comeback, it's a matter of survival. About half of Fiji's population depends on tourism… Audio

A green light for a travel bubble with Australia was a good news story for people separated from loved ones - and businesses needing the cash of free-spending foreigners. But were the bubble-happy… Audio

Flick Taylor is currently living in a tent on her and husband Sam's plot in Laikipia County in Kenya while the family build a new home. It's a world away from her early upbringing on a farm in rural… Audio

Tougher penalties and fines are on the cards as part of a proposed crack down on irresponsible freedom camping.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has released plan to hike the costs for those who break… Audio

The tourism industry is heaving a sign of relief with the prospect of the border opening with Australia in less than two weeks. Australians made up 40-percent of tourists in 2019, spending two billion… Audio

Tourism operators on both sides of the Tasman are cautiously optimistic about the return of travellers with hopes a bubble will open sooner rather than later.

The Prime Minister has promised to… Audio

Our Sunday panelists discuss the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand, whether domestic travel is the backbone of our travel industry, and whether we should be funding an America's Cup that is not held… Audio

Queenstown businesses say the Tourism Minister's new vision is a promising game plan, but now they want to see action. 

Stuart Nash outlined his vision for the future of the industry at a tourism… Audio

The Tourism Minister is chasing the big tourism cash, signalling when New Zealand's borders open a visit here is going to be a much pricier prospect.

Speaking at a conference in Queenstown, Stuart… Video, Audio