Tourism New Zealand - Latest News [Page 3]
Voice of the visitor guides new walk partnership
Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 12:01 pm | Tourism New Zealand
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) have joined forces to promote a range of short and day walks. More >>
Aussie breakfast viewers get a taste of Mt Hutt’s ski scene
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 2:34 pm | Tourism New Zealand
8 June 2017 Aussie breakfast viewers get a taste of Mt Hutt’s ski scene More >>
Heart of the Long White Cloud campaign launches in China
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 11:07 am | Tourism New Zealand
Heart of the Long White Cloud campaign launches in China New videos featuring major Chinese social influencers are the latest phase of a PR and marketing campaign promoting the Wellington, Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough regions called Heart of the Long White ... More >>
Int'l business events deliver $311m to NZ economy
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 5:02 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand has attracted business events that will deliver $311 million to the New Zealand economy. More >>
Wellington lures event out of United Kingdom
Monday, 22 May 2017, 10:50 am | Tourism New Zealand
Wellington will host the 2019 iMean (Interaction and Meaning) conference marking the first time the linguistics event will be held out of the United Kingdom. More >>
Happily ever after on World Penguin Day in New Zealand
Monday, 24 April 2017, 12:51 pm | Tourism New Zealand
April 2017 April 25 marks World Penguin Day and nowhere celebrates penguins quite like New Zealand. At Auckland’s Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium, a same sex pair of king penguins are celebrating World Penguin Day with their surrogate foster ... More >>
Over 7 million Brazilians taken on a New Zealand journey
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 11:19 am | Tourism New Zealand
Cult Brazilian travel show Lugar Incomum has dedicated eight episodes entirely to New Zealand. More >>
Skydive over Abel Tasman National Park with Google
Friday, 13 January 2017, 1:58 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Google Street View has gone sky high with an innovative new use of technology to demonstrate the skydive experience. More >>
New Zealand's Helena Bay named as world’s best new hotel
Friday, 13 January 2017, 1:54 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand’s newest luxury destination, Helena Bay has been named as the best new hotel in the world. More >>
David Trubridge lights up Redwoods Treewalk Rotorua
Friday, 13 January 2017, 1:52 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Rotorua's Redwood Forest has been lit up with a new nocturnal tourism experience, Redwoods Nightlights. More >>
Tourism New Zealand staff site named world’s best
Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 4:06 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand’s staff intranet has been named one of the top ten in the world amongst global giants like IBM. International user experience firm, Nielsen Norman Group announced the award this week with Tourism New Zealand the only Australasian ... More >>
New Chief Executive appointed to Tourism New Zealand
Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 10:05 am | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand Chair Kerry Prendergast says she is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen England-Hall to the position of Chief Executive at Tourism New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand celebrates 15 years of Middle-earth
Friday, 9 December 2016, 12:45 pm | Tourism New Zealand
To celebrate 15 years as the real Middle-earth, Tourism New Zealand has launched a new way to explore the country like a Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf or Wizard. More >>
Support for tourism but some concerns
Friday, 9 December 2016, 12:07 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealanders generally feel positive about the fast-growing tourism industry, according to the latest research by Tourism Industry Aotearoa and Tourism New Zealand. More >>
International Mountain Day: NZ's must-see mountains
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 12:49 pm | Tourism New Zealand
The first International Mountain Day was celebrated worldwide on 11 December 2003. Every year, Mountain Day creates awareness of the importance of mountains to life and pays tribute to their incredible natural formations. More >>
New Zealand's top 10 Instagram spots in 2016
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 12:47 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Instagram have released New Zealand's top ten spots to snap a 'gram. The top spots are based on the number of images geo-tagged to specific locations and compared to 2015's list there are some new and some classic additions. More >>
Tekapo's Earth and Sky plans new astronomy centre
Friday, 11 November 2016, 12:50 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand's world-class astro-tourism product has announced plans to build a new International Astronomy Centre. More >>
Bollywood star’s return set to inspire more Indian visitors
Friday, 28 October 2016, 9:38 am | Tourism New Zealand
Sidharth Malhotra, Tourism New Zealand’s hugely popular tourism ambassador to India is returning to New Zealand to experience more of his favourite country and people. More >>
Regions benefit as tourism confirmed as NZ’s top export
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 12:29 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Phenomenal growth has seen tourism become New Zealand’s top export earner. Annual data released today shows international tourism has pumped $14.5 billion into the economy and directly employed over 188,000 people for the year ending March 2016. ... More >>
Taranaki ranks #2 in Lonely Planet's Top 10 Regions 2017
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 9:15 am | Tourism New Zealand
Taranaki – a fertile volcanic region on the North Island’s western extremity – has just been hailed as a rising international destination for 2017 by Lonely Planet. More >>