15th December 2023 Event / FoodMore than 11,000 visitors attended the Kāpiti Food Fair on 2 December but a shortfall of local attendees has put pressure on its future.
29th July 2022 Cruise / EventFitzgerald will join cruise industry leaders at the Cruise360 Australasia 2022’s State of the Industry panel.
14th July 2022 EventThe Light Up Ponsonby Festival will bring light installations, projections and bespoke art placed along Auckland’s Ponsonby Road from 28 July – 8 August.
27th October 2021 Culture / EventAn open-air opera event will be held on the Auckland waterfront on 11 – 14 February 2022.
13th October 2021 Event / Flight CentreFlight Centre’s corporate travel management event Illuminate 2021 will return this month.
27th September 2021 Event / RegenerativeWānaka will host the Back to Life Hui regenerative tourism event on 26 October 2021.
13th September 2021 EventA new event, dubbed the Great Kiwi Summer Festival, will be held at Lake Karapiro Domain from 16-17 October 2021.
18th August 2021 Event / HotelsThe Maximum Occupancy New Zealand 2021 accommodation industry event scheduled for today at the Aotea Centre in Auckland has been postponed.
27th July 2021 EventAudience attendance at the 2021 French Film Festival Aotearoa rose to 67,000, up 85.3% on the rolling four year average attendance prior to 2019.
15th July 2021 EventInternational science conference and Australasian ports conference also slated for this year.
14th July 2021 Event / TIATourism minister Stuart Nash to speak on 1 September.
19th May 2021 EventThe 2022 Grow Ōtautahi is set to return to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on 18-20 March 2022.
29th March 2021 Auckland / EventApplications for the first round will be accepted until 30 April from conferences, conventions, public trade shows, exhibitions and others.
25th March 2021 Event / HuntingDOC asks deer hunters to take extra care in key season after two year gap in bid to avoid injuries.
9th March 2021 Event / SportsThe government has injected $950,000 in support of the 8th World Conference of the International Working Group on Women in Sport in Auckland in 2022.
9th March 2021 Event / Te PaeTe Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is launching a ‘Taste of Te Pae’ pop-up activation event ahead of the venue’s launch later this year.
26th February 2021 Event / FoodA new event to support Southland’s hospitality and accommodation sector and boost the region’s reputation as a food and beverage destination will run from 1 April to 16 May 2021.
22nd February 2021 EventThe Auckland Lantern Festival has been postponed to 4-7 March 2021, due to the region being in Covid-19 alert level 2.
16th February 2021 EventKiwi band Six60 says its show on Saturday at Wellington’s Sky Stadium attracted 32,000 fans, bringing its 2021 total tour numbers to around 100,000.
11th December 2020 Event / THLIn a first for NZ, one of the country’s leading tenors will perform in a Discover Waitomo glowworm cave.
11th November 2020 Event / RTOMore than 50 stakeholders and operators attended Visit Ruapehu’s fourth annual industry forum at Chateau Tongariro Hotel.
17th September 2020 EventThe Hullabaloo Children’s Arts Festival will take place in Northland this October, and feature several New Zealand family entertainers.
1st July 2020 APEC / EventAuckland’s visitor economy will miss out on close to $50m because of the change.
10th June 2020 EventThe collapse of tourism has been like “turning the ignition key off” for Queenstown, says the resort’s mayor, Jim Boult.
28th April 2020 Event / SportsThe WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup scheduled for Auckland’s ELE Stadium in February 2021 has been postponed with a new date yet to be set.
17th April 2020 Auckland Council / EventAuckland Art Fair has announced it will go online after Covid-19 forced the cancellation of the event scheduled to take place at The Cloud this month.
11th February 2020 Event / TIATourism Industry Aotearoa has organised a full day event at Rydges Auckland to focus on how the tourism industry can tell positive stories about its benefits to communities.
7th February 2020 EventPlans for the annual Wellington Lantern Festival remain unchanged, pending official advice or information in the coming week regarding the Coronavirus, according to organisers.
5th February 2020 Covid-19 / EventThis event attracts around 200k visitors but has been cancelled because of concerns over coronavirus.
4th February 2020 EventThe World of WearableArt Awards Show was worth nearly $28m to the local economy in 2019, according to WellingtonNZ.
24th January 2020 ATEED / EventMāori businesses will be in the spotlight at the Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland on 31 January.
14th January 2020 EventThe Wellington waterfront will be awash with pink this summer courtesy of The Pink Line, a vinyl pathway that will wind its way around the shoreline.
13th January 2020 Event / MāoriThe Tamaki Herenga Waka Festival will play host to an innovative new form of digital storytelling in the form of a water screen on the Waitemata Harbour, when it kicks off on 31 January 2020.
12th December 2019 Event / SportsThe ASB Classic has been named as the best event in the world for its tier at the annual WTA Awards
4th December 2019 Event / Sports TourismNew Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty has been announced as the new title sponsor of the Hawke’s Bay and Queenstown international marathons.
15th November 2019 Event / Sports TourismHamilton is set to host the Special Olympics National Summer Games in 2021, with more than 3000 people expected to descend on the city.
23rd October 2019 Event / NZICCFirefighters abandon roof to flames to focus on protecting building.
11th September 2019 EventAuckland’s Piha Beach has been confirmed as a host for a World Surf League tour event as part of a three-year agreement between WSL, Auckland Council and the government’s major events fund.
26th August 2019 EventMore than 30,000 fashionistas are expected to attend the New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland, which begins today.
21st August 2019 Event / Ski FieldsQueenstown Resort College has secured naming rights to the Winter Games.
6th August 2019 Event / SportsAlmost 3000 spectators and participants attended Rotorua’s Winter Forest Festival on Saturday.
