Development

The development at Punakaiki will also feature cycle paths, walkways, and a new viewing platform.

It marks the beginning of the transformation of the 10-hectare Lakeview site into an extension of the Queenstown CBD.

The Taranaki settlement is getting a new visitor centre to house taonga and an exhibition of the Parihaka story.

A significant development plan for the attraction is on hold until visitor volumes return.

Marlborough District Council will undertake a new redevelopment study on the future of Waitohi/Picton.

The Overseas Investment Office has given the green light to QT Lakeview Partnership’s development agreement with Queenstown Lakes District Council.

The third stage of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan is underway with a detailed design nearing completion and a number of artist impressions released to the public.

The assets were supposed to be the foundation properties in a new tourism fund.

Kāpiti’s proposed $4.46m Gateway project will help boost local tourism jobs and aid the recovery, says the Kāpiti Coast District Council.

The aborted launch of a $70m tourism property fund has “strained” the balance sheet of NZX-listed Augusta Capital, which is seeking $45m from investors.

The former site of the SilverOaks Hotel Geyserland in Rotorua is for sale.

The operator is planning a 70-80 room four-star hotel in the central city.

The resi-led development also includes Ngāi Tahu Tourism’s planned hot pools attraction and hotel and hospo offerings.

The first stage of Rotorua’s $40m lakefront development will kick off at the end of October.

The $70m luxury Radisson Collection at Queenstown is expected to open in early 2022.

Developers Remarkables Park Limited has unveiled plans for a community precinct to sit alongside its commercial accommodation and residential district at Queenstown.

Construction has begun on the $60m Puhinui Station Interchange near Papatoetoe at Auckland.

The O’Donnell family’s HW Richardson Group and Distinction Hotel Group founder Geoff Thompson have both pledged up to $25m each for the multi-million dollar overhaul of Invercargill’s CBD.

The Overseas Investment Office has given consent to Orams Group to expand its lease of land at Wynyard Quarter on Auckland Harbour.

Auckland-based Visitor Solutions has secured the $398,440 contract to conduct a feasibility study into a tourism hub at Te Aroha in the Waikato.