10th July 2020 Government / HotelsA permanent police presence will be at every managed isolation and quarantine facility.
8th July 2020 GovernmentNational Party MP Hamish Walker has lost his shadow associate tourism portfolio.
6th July 2020 Employment / GovernmentOut-of-work tourism employees will be offered opportunities on 23 projects to clean up waterways that are expected to deliver more than 2000 jobs.
6th July 2020 GovernmentThe interest-free Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme has been extended a second time to the end of December.
3rd July 2020 Government / HotelsMayor Jim Boult says limited health care capacity in the region would be a “significant” worry if an outbreak occurred.
2nd July 2020 Funding / GovernmentA coastal pathway, art gallery and regional rejuvenation projects will be funded from the $3bn programme.
29th June 2020 Funding / GovernmentPrime minister Jacinda Ardern and tourism minister Kelvin Davis visited the Queenstown Lakes District on Friday spending the morning at Wayfare’s Cardrona Alpine Resort, near Wanaka, before a tour in the afternoon of its TSS Earnslaw steamer boat in Queenstown.
26th June 2020 Government / Ski FieldsPrime minister Jacinda Ardern, tourism minister Kelvin Davis and Tourism New Zealand chief executive Stephen England-Hall will attend today’s opening of the ski season at Cardrona Alpine Resort.
25th June 2020 Government / RailThe Government has withdrawn from its twin track Auckland Light Rail project and referred it to the Ministry of Transport for further work.
24th June 2020 Government / TFTA new industry and stakeholder group is being created to contribute to the Government’s Tourism Futures Taskforce’s work.
24th June 2020 Border / GovernmentA new Covid-19 testing regime has been launched by the Government as more Kiwis return from overseas.
23rd June 2020 Government / STAPPPrime minister Jacinda Ardern and tourism minister Kelvin Davis are visiting Queenstown on Friday.
22nd June 2020 Government / STAPPMore than 300 businesses have applied for support from the Government’s Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme.
19th June 2020 GovernmentA Members Bill to provide best practice regulations for shark cage diving activities has been rejected by the Government.
17th June 2020 Government / STAPPAround 60 operators are now expected to be helped by the Government’s Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme, says Kelvin Davis.
15th June 2020 Government / International StudentsA National Government would be “working hard” to safely return tertiary international students back to New Zealand as quickly as possible.
15th June 2020 Border / GovernmentACT leader David Seymour is calling for the Government to be proactive about its border policy.
10th June 2020 Government / STAPPThe funding follows the $4m announced for Tourism Holdings’ Discover Waitomo.
8th June 2020 Government / RecoveryTravel, events, and hospitality can happen without limitations but border restrictions remain, says PM Jacinda Ardern.
8th June 2020 Employment / GovernmentA change in criteria for the extended wage subsidy scheme means an extra 40,000 businesses will be eligible.
5th June 2020 Funding / GovernmentAround 50 strategic tourism businesses are expected to be supported through the $400m Tourism Response Fund.
4th June 2020 Government / RecoveryThe investments are the first deployments from the $400m Tourism Sector Recovery Plan.
4th June 2020 Government / PropertyTourism operators unable to pay rent on commercial leases as a result of the Covid-19 response will be able to access Government assistance to resolve disputes with landlords.
2nd June 2020 Funding / GovernmentWith its tourism-related funds under management almost tripling, where is MBIE putting the cash?
2nd June 2020 Campaigns / GovernmentAct leader David Seymour says New Zealand tourism operators are being taunted by South Australia’s advertising inviting New Zealanders to come over.
2nd June 2020 Government / RecoveryMarlborough Tour Company chief executive Abbe Hutchins says it is time for the Government to communicate that New Zealand is open for business.
29th May 2020 Events / GovernmentThe Government has given approval for multiple groups of 100 pax at a single venue.
28th May 2020 Australia / GovernmentA blueprint for how safe travel could start will soon be put before the two governments.
26th May 2020 Employment / GovernmentThe Government has announced a new Income Relief Payment to support New Zealanders who lose their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
26th May 2020 Government / PeopleTodd McClay has retained his shadow cabinet portfolios of tourism and trade under new National Party leader Todd Muller.
25th May 2020 Government / PGFRegional economic development minister Shane Jones has redirected $600m of Government investment into shovel-ready projects in a “re-set” of what the Provincial Growth Fund will support.
25th May 2020 Employment / GovernmentTowns struck by the collapse in tourism will share part of the $37m investment in retraining and redeployment.
21st May 2020 GovernmentTourism operators geared towards overseas travellers have urged government not to write international visitors out of the future of the sector.
21st May 2020 Government / Training“This will be crucial for towns such as Rotorua and Kaikoura, where the effects of Covid-19 will be particularly difficult due to loss of income from international tourism.”
13th May 2020 Government / RecoveryAnd ‘reimagining’ tourism is like calling for an architect while your house burned down, HTG’s Eve Lawrence told the committee.
12th May 2020 Government / RecoveryThe Epidemic Response Committee will today hear from representatives of the tourism industry, leader of the opposition Simon Bridges says.
11th May 2020 GovernmentThe country will make a phased move to Covid-19 alert level 2, says the PM.
7th May 2020 Government / TECNZThe Tourism Export Council of New Zealand has called on the Government to extend the wage subsidy scheme beyond its initial 12-week period for tourism businesses.
6th May 2020 GovernmentThe Government has introduced new measures to help businesses facing insolvency due to Covid-19 as part of further measures to boost New Zealand’s economic recovery.
5th May 2020 Australia / GovernmentNew Zealand’s borders will be closed to the wider world “for a long time to come”, says Jacinda Ardern.
5th May 2020 Australia / GovernmentJacinda Ardern will attend Tuesday’s meeting by video link to discuss travel between the countries.
4th May 2020 GovernmentThe Government will provide interest free loans for a year to small businesses hit by the Covid-19 economic shock.
1st May 2020 Government / TIATourism Industry Aotearoa is turning up the pressure on government to allow domestic travel at level 2, warning the alternative will put thousands of jobs and hundreds of businesses at risk.
29th April 2020 GovernmentThe Ticker asks industry leaders what form of support they would like to see.
28th April 2020 Australia / GovernmentArdern says she will not jeopardise NZ’s position after having eliminated community transmission of Covid-19.
24th April 2020 Air NZ / GovernmentThree Air New Zealand flights will bring New Zealanders home from India over the next week, minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has announced.
23rd April 2020 Funding / GovernmentA look at the cash being diverted from tourism’s major funding sources.
22nd April 2020 GovernmentThe state of national emergency to support the Covid-19 response has been extended a fourth time for another seven days until midnight Monday 27, April.
21st April 2020 Government / HospitalityOperators are “pulling out all the stops” to prepare for a loosening of the lockdown, says Hospitality NZ.
20th April 2020 DOC / GovernmentFinancial relief is on the way for recreation and tourism businesses operating on public conservation land, says the minister of conservation, Eugenie Sage.
