RealNZ has resumed services on its Fiordland Navigator scenic vessel after repairing the damage caused when it ran aground.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission and Maritime New Zealand have launched investigations into RealNZ’s Fiordland Navigator running aground on Wednesday.
RealNZ scenic vessel The Fiordland Navigator issued a mayday alert on Wednesday and evacuated passengers after running aground in Doubtful Sound.
RealNZ has partnered with Pāmu to sponsor the mountain biking and running event The Mavora Explorer on 27 January 2024.
Cardrona Alpine Resort says it will become the biggest commercial ski area in New Zealand when Soho Basin is added to its offer in winter 2025.
RealNZ has launched two new experiences for smaller groups but at an increased yield.
RealNZ says its commitment to diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing and health have been recognised in two awards this month.
Dave Beeche says he will champion RealNZ’s conservation ambitions and tourism’s shift to a more sustainable, regenerative sector, when he joins the operator as chief executive.
The appointment fills the vacancy left by the departure of Stephen England-Hall in May.
The appointment aims to help increase visitation and engagement across RealNZ’s experiences in both the domestic and international visitor markets.
The Commerce Commission has cleared Real NZ’s business Real Journeys to acquire the Spirit of Queenstown vessel and its associated assets from Southern Discoveries.
RealNZ has been granted diversion and ordered to pay $100,000 to Environment Southland for upgrading boat moorings at Harrison Cove in Milford Sound without consent.
RealNZ has raised $175,000 from its annual Conservation Ball to help establish a new population of the critically endangered orange-fronted parakeet kākāriki karaka.
RealNZ has sought Commerce Commission approval for its purchase of Southern Discoveries’ Spirit of Queenstown vessel based at Lake Wakatipu.
The operators’ decarbonisation projects are among 19 transport initiatives granted $6.4m in govt co-funding.
The Queenstown-based operator is selling four businesses but also investing in an asset to serve its popular Walter Peak attraction.
RealNZ’s Treble Cone ski area near Wānaka has delayed its opening due to a lack of snow.
NZSki’s Coronet Peak opens its slopes today, marking the start of Queenstown’s ski season.
RealNZ’s board has appointed Paul Norris as interim chief executive for the company following the resignation of Stephen England-Hall.
The CEO is departing after two years leading the Queenstown-based group.
Cardrona and Treble Cone are aiming to cut visitor numbers during peak periods.
Lake Whakatipu’s TSS Earnslaw is turning 110-years-old and may soon have a new lease on life through a decarbonisation project.
Hundertwasser loses its inaugural CEO and RealNZ’s Legnavsky heads to the US.
Extreme weather is posing more risks for operators and will transform business models, says RealNZ’s CEO.
Steve Bruce has joined RealNZ as general manager of sales in another sign of heated competition for experienced staff in the tourism industry.
Experiences must be great for visitors and the environment but also create rewarding connections for Kiwis too, says Stephen England-Hall.
The operator says it has undertaken one of the largest private capital raises in NZ tourism, bringing in a group of new investors.
The operator has made a raft of changes to help prevent a similar incident from happening again.
RealNZ is seeking 24 people for a Fiordland cruise that will also see them get involved in the area’s history and conservation.
Smoky emissions from Queenstown’s Lady of the Lake could be consigned to history.
The RealNZ Cruise-for-a-Cause raised nearly $30,000 for the Deep Cove Outdoor Education Trust.
CEO Stephen England-Hall says Wayfare had become “too complex and disconnected for its size”.