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Kāpiti Food Fair sees 11k visitors, suffers financial shortfall 15th December 2023 /

Kāpiti Food Fair sees 11k visitors, suffers financial shortfall

More than 11,000 visitors attended the Kāpiti Food Fair on 2 December but a shortfall of local attendees has put pressure on its future.


Carnival president joins Cruise360 Australasia 29th July 2022 /

Carnival president joins Cruise360 Australasia

Fitzgerald will join cruise industry leaders at the Cruise360 Australasia 2022’s State of the Industry panel.


Light fest returns… 14th July 2022

Light fest returns…

The Light Up Ponsonby Festival will bring light installations, projections and bespoke art placed along Auckland’s Ponsonby Road from 28 July – 8 August.


Auckland will never walk alone with inaugural Opera on the Harbour 27th October 2021 /

Auckland will never walk alone with inaugural Opera on the Harbour

An open-air opera event will be held on the Auckland waterfront on 11 – 14 February 2022.


Flight Centre’s Illuminate on track 13th October 2021 /

Flight Centre’s Illuminate on track

Flight Centre’s corporate travel management event Illuminate 2021 will return this month.


Wānaka to host regenerative tourism hui 27th September 2021 /

Wānaka to host regenerative tourism hui

Wānaka will host the Back to Life Hui regenerative tourism event on 26 October 2021.


New festival for Lake Karapiro in October 13th September 2021

New festival for Lake Karapiro in October

A new event, dubbed the Great Kiwi Summer Festival, will be held at Lake Karapiro Domain from 16-17 October 2021.


Maximum Occupancy event postponed 18th August 2021 /

Maximum Occupancy event postponed

The Maximum Occupancy New Zealand 2021 accommodation industry event scheduled for today at the Aotea Centre in Auckland has been postponed.


French Film Festival Aotearoa sees significant audience growth 27th July 2021

French Film Festival Aotearoa sees significant audience growth

Audience 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.


Te Pae set to host two-day innovation expo from 31 Oct 15th July 2021

Te Pae set to host two-day innovation expo from 31 Oct

International science conference and Australasian ports conference also slated for this year.


TIA Summit confirms first speakers for 2021 14th July 2021 /

TIA Summit confirms first speakers for 2021

Tourism minister Stuart Nash to speak on 1 September.


Christchurch garden festival to return in 2022 19th May 2021

Christchurch garden festival to return in 2022

The 2022 Grow Ōtautahi is set to return to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on 18-20 March 2022.


Auckland business events fund opens first round 29th March 2021 /

Auckland business events fund opens first round

Applications for the first round will be accepted until 30 April from conferences, conventions, public trade shows, exhibitions and others.


Deer hunters urged to “put safety first” during roar 25th March 2021 /

Deer hunters urged to “put safety first” during roar

DOC asks deer hunters to take extra care in key season after two year gap in bid to avoid injuries.


$950k boost for World Conference on Women and Sport 9th March 2021 /

$950k boost for World Conference on Women and Sport

The 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.


Te Pae Christchurch to launch pop-up taster event 9th March 2021 /

Te Pae Christchurch to launch pop-up taster event

Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre is launching a ‘Taste of Te Pae’ pop-up activation event ahead of the venue’s launch later this year.


New event to showcase Southland F&B 26th February 2021 /

New event to showcase Southland F&B

A 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.


Auckland Lantern Festival postponed until March 22nd February 2021

Auckland Lantern Festival postponed until March

The Auckland Lantern Festival has been postponed to 4-7 March 2021, due to the region being in Covid-19 alert level 2.


Six60 2021 tour attracts 100k fans 16th February 2021

Six60 2021 tour attracts 100k fans

Kiwi 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.


Opera in the cave – new experience launches at Waitomo 11th December 2020 /

Opera in the cave – new experience launches at Waitomo

In a first for NZ, one of the country’s leading tenors will perform in a Discover Waitomo glowworm cave.


Chateau hosts 4th annual Ruapehu tourism forum 11th November 2020 /

Chateau hosts 4th annual Ruapehu tourism forum

More than 50 stakeholders and operators attended Visit Ruapehu’s fourth annual industry forum at Chateau Tongariro Hotel.


Northland to host new festival in October 17th September 2020

Northland to host new festival in October

The Hullabaloo Children’s Arts Festival will take place in Northland this October, and feature several New Zealand family entertainers.


Virtual APEC “massive, devastating blow” for industry 1st July 2020 /

Virtual APEC “massive, devastating blow” for industry

Auckland’s visitor economy will miss out on close to $50m because of the change.


Tourism collapse like “turning the ignition key off” for Queenstown – Boult 10th June 2020

Tourism collapse like “turning the ignition key off” for Queenstown – Boult

The collapse of tourism has been like “turning the ignition key off” for Queenstown, says the resort’s mayor, Jim Boult.


Men’s Softball World Cup postponed 28th April 2020 /

Men’s Softball World Cup postponed

The 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.


Auckland Art Fair goes virutal 17th April 2020 /

Auckland Art Fair goes virutal

Auckland 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.


New TIA event to spread the good word about tourism 11th February 2020 /

New TIA event to spread the good word about tourism

Tourism 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.


Wellington Lantern Festival on track, despite Auckland cancellation 7th February 2020

Wellington Lantern Festival on track, despite Auckland cancellation

Plans for the annual Wellington Lantern Festival remain unchanged, pending official advice or information in the coming week regarding the Coronavirus, according to organisers.


ATEED cancels Lantern Festival, loses part of $254k investment 5th February 2020 /

ATEED cancels Lantern Festival, loses part of $254k investment

This event attracts around 200k visitors but has been cancelled because of concerns over coronavirus.


Wellington’s WOW worth $28m to region 4th February 2020

Wellington’s WOW worth $28m to region

The World of WearableArt Awards Show was worth nearly $28m to the local economy in 2019, according to WellingtonNZ.


ATEED supports Māori businesses with festival 24th January 2020 /

ATEED supports Māori businesses with festival

Māori businesses will be in the spotlight at the Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland on 31 January.


Wellington waterfront wears pink for summer 14th January 2020

Wellington waterfront wears pink for summer

The 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.


Waka festival to take innovative new approach 13th January 2020 /

Waka festival to take innovative new approach

The 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.


Auckland’s ASB Classic tennis event honoured with award 12th December 2019 /

Auckland’s ASB Classic tennis event honoured with award

The ASB Classic has been named as the best event in the world for its tier at the annual WTA Awards


Air NZ makes way for Sotheby’s sponsorship 4th December 2019 /

Air NZ makes way for Sotheby’s sponsorship

New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty has been announced as the new title sponsor of the Hawke’s Bay and Queenstown international marathons.


Special Olympics to bring 3000+ visitors, inject $3.4m into Hamilton 15th November 2019 /

Special Olympics to bring 3000+ visitors, inject $3.4m into Hamilton

Hamilton is set to host the Special Olympics National Summer Games in 2021, with more than 3000 people expected to descend on the city.


Goff: NZICC could be set back years, APEC 2021 affected 23rd October 2019 /

Goff: NZICC could be set back years, APEC 2021 affected

Firefighters abandon roof to flames to focus on protecting building.


ATEED backs Piha Pro event in new world surf agreement 11th September 2019

ATEED backs Piha Pro event in new world surf agreement

Auckland’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.


ATEED: 30,000+ expected at NZ Fashion Week 26th August 2019

ATEED: 30,000+ expected at NZ Fashion Week

More than 30,000 fashionistas are expected to attend the New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland, which begins today.


QRC secures Winter Games naming rights 21st August 2019 /

QRC secures Winter Games naming rights

Queenstown Resort College has secured naming rights to the Winter Games.


3000 attend Winter Forest Festival 6th August 2019 /

3000 attend Winter Forest Festival

Almost 3000 spectators and participants attended Rotorua’s Winter Forest Festival on Saturday.