Tourism

South Pacific Helicopters marketing and partnerships manager Krissy Griggs says international holidaymakers amount to at least 90 percent of the tourism business in Kaikōura.

With borders closed, more New Zealanders have been ticking the Chatham Islands off their bucket list than before the pandemic.

The flood-damaged Heaphy Bridge on the Heaphy Track has been written off by structural engineers and cannot be fixed.

One of the people funding the Parliament protest says it makes no sense to maintain a quarantine system at the border now that Covid-19 cases are rife in the community. Audio

The Department of Conservation (DOC) received more than 7400 Great Walk booking cancellations between 1 December and 28 February.

Hospitality New Zealand says domestic travel is at a standstill with forward bookings pointing to accommodation occupancy rates as low as 20 percent for the next three months.

A worker based at a lodge on the Milford Track has tested positive for Covid-19.

Another 50,000 vouchers are being handed out for people to visit tourist attractions and council facilities in Auckland.

A crucial tourism project is facing delays as it struggles to find a project leader.

The head of Destination Queenstown has resigned less than a year after starting.

The country's cruise ship industry is hopeful it will be returning the waters next summer - or even earlier - but warns it's a long way off before making any final decision.

A colony of little blue penguins in North Otago's Ōamaru has gone from being a nuisance to the stars of a show that supports not only their own conservation, but helps to protect their species. Video

Almost two years after the Australian government closed the country to the world, the international border is set to reopen to those who are fully vaccinated.

Scott Morrison says parliament will debate the matter this week.