Politics

The leader of NZ’s newest political party outlines its views on NZ’s tourism industry.

Kelvin Davis rejects criticism from National that the Govt has been ‘distracted’ over the China-NZ Year of Tourism.

A ‘distracted’ Government has failed to deliver on China tourism, according to the National Party.

North Shore MP and former conservation minister Maggie Barry ONZM has announced she will retire from politics in 2020.

New Zealand’s business events sector should extend the concept of manaakitanga from caring for visitors to caring “for our own”, according to the associate minister of tourism, Peeni Henare.

Dive! Tutukaka founder Jeroen Jongejans is one of a number of well-known tourism industry names who have thrown their hats in the ring for October’s local body elections.

Former Tourism Export Council NZ chief executive Lesley Immink is planning to join Whakatāne’s mayoral race.