The Matakohe Kauri Museum is encouraging visitors taking detour routes to Northland and stop by over the next few months.
Ōpuke Thermal Pools & Spa has won five categories at the 2024 ANZ Business of the Year Awards.
The Auckland and Queenstown-based operator has fought its way back from Covid impacts and the Auckland floods to return more colourful than ever but challenges remain.
The Women’s FIFA World Cup and a faster-than-expected recovery in the Chinese market has driven revenue at the operator’s tourism division.
The multi-million dollar Odyssey Senroy Maze has reopened in Auckland’s Sky World Entertainment Centre.
Christchurch Adventure Park is meeting Crankworx Summer Series organisers by midweek to decide whether the event will proceed at the attraction.
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones has attended a viewing of the Pounamu Pathway at Māwhera Pā in Greymouth.
The experience’s owner on the economy’s “perfect storm”, becoming trade-friendly, and why staff investment is a top priority.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre is celebrating the births of new birds including pāteke brown teal and kiwi.
After a difficult last summer, one of Hawke’s Bays most popular attractions is back in business.
The Museum of Kawatiri, a key part of the Pounamu Pathway on the West Coast, has opened to the public this week.
Work to clear asbestos from the popular Awaroa/Godley Head heritage site in Christchurch will begin next week.
Eloise Wallace has been welcomed as Te Unua Museum of Southland’s new museum director.
Hamilton Zoo has installed a monitor in its viewing area to update visitors about the birth of two tiger cubs born earlier this month.
Wellington Zoo has released its Lace Monitor lizards Darwin and Jannali into a new habitat, putting them on display for the first time in five years.
Whangārei’s Hundertwasser Art Centre says it is eagerly anticipating the arrival of the region’s first cruise ship, Oceania Cruises’ Regatta.
Auckland Zoo’s giraffe Kiraka has given birth to a healthy female calf, estimated to be around six feet or 1.8 metres tall and weighing approximately 60kg.
The CEO is leaving one of the region’s leading tourism operators after a “fun but challenging” tenure.
Wellington Cable Car welcomed a million passengers on its iconic red cars in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic.
The National Kiwi Hatchery has reopened to the public at its new Rotorua Agrodome location.
Rotorua’s Redwood Treewalk is marking eight years in business with a special tribute to the family that featured in its first promotional image in 2016.
The first of the four Pounamu Pathway experience centres is set to open this week in what is described as a “world-class tourism product” for the West Coast.
After a challenging pandemic, Rotorua’s Polynesian Spa continues to increase customer numbers to levels last experienced in 2019, says Rangatira.
Bay of Plenty’s Ōmanawa Falls has reopened to the public sporting a new walking track, lookout platforms, education panels, carpark and safety improvements around the area’s cliffs.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre says its much-loved kōkako Kahurangi has died.
Two tuatara from Zealandia have moved to Wellington Zoo after 10 years of living at the nature sanctuary.
Hobbiton Movie Set has opened its new hobbit hole attractions to the public.
Senior managers have left the new Rotorua attraction just months after its opening.
Skyline has reported a good set of interim results and is is working on “an exciting new opportunity” in Europe.
A 2kg piece of kauri gum has been returned undamaged to Waitangi Treaty Grounds after it was stolen earlier this month.
Bill Richardson Transport World is opening a new pop-up lolly shop, Toot Sweets, in Invercargill as a sweetener to a new “interactive lolly utopia” launching next year.
Wētā Workshop Unleashed will host a special screening event of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King next month.
A new sculpture destined for the Pounamu Pathway has received a blessing from descendants of Poutini Ngāi Tahu warrior chief, Tūhuru, ahead of its placement at the Māwhera centre in Greymouth.
Queenstown-based Ziptrek Ecotours is running its Locals’ Day on 12 November.
The Rotorua attraction invests $750k in a new experience, helping to drive a spike in interest for the summer ahead.
Wai Ariki Hot Springs & Spa has been named as the Best New Spa at the 2023 Spa and Wellness Awards.
Invercargill City Council has selected the construction firm selected to build a new tuatara enclosure at Queens Park within the animal reserve.
The Toi MAHARA art gallery on the Kāpiti Coast has attracted more than 5,000 people in its opening weekend.
Ben Dalton says a new focus on a particular type of visitor, as well as events, are priorities for Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
The operator has been nominated for the Tourism Industry Champion Award.
Dora the Kororā, one of the famous blue penguins at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, has died.
Wētā Workshop Unleashed has developed new multi-language capabilities and added tours at its Auckland location within SkyCity.
EcoZip Adventures is running a competition to seek out the best new name for its Kaikōura zipline.
Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa, Waikato Regional Airport Group chief executive Mark Morgan, and the Rotorua Lakefront Redevelopment team have won awards at the Central People Property Awards.
Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Trust is among five recipients of funding from the $14m programme.
Wētā Workshop is to open its $15m World War I art and visitor experience in Le Quesnoy, France, next week.
The first Kiwi president of WAZA on her priorities in the role and the new opportunities for the capital’s attraction.
Wētā Workshop and Poutini Ngāi Tahu are bringing stories of the historic Pounamu Pathway to life, with the first experience centre expected to open in December.
Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies is investing in MOTAT’s new science and technology centre.
The government is providing $10m from the Regional Culture and Heritage Fund for Canterbury Museum’s redevelopment.
