Some people trying desperately to return to New Zealand feel like they’ve been missed out in the government’s latest border annoucements. The government plans to ease open the borders from early next year, and travellers will face different requirements based on their risk level. But there’s still no wiggle room in the iron-clad boarders for […]

The Bay of Plenty’s Regional Land Transport Plan 2021 has been approved for public consultation regarding the spend of the $3 billion budget set aside for transport development projects over the next 10 years. A sub-committee has been formed to oversee public consultation, expected to begin on March 5, and public hearings scheduled to take […]

This weekend will be all about That Weekend in South Waikato. In what will be the first of its kind in New Zealand, some of the country’s top artists will perform during a two day camping music festival surrounded by natural hot spring spas, 9-hole golf, tennis courts, restaurant, pub, and native forest at the […]

Passengers from the Cook Islands can resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from January 21, enabling access to essential services such as health, according to an official announcement on Friday. “Following confirmation of the Cook Islands’ COVID free status and the implementation of strict health and border protocols we are now in the position to […]

This year, Captain Cook and Marsden Wharves will host the Auckland Lantern Festival. The festival will fun from the 24th to February 28. Auckland Domain previously hosted the lantern festival, however, was cancelled in 2020, due to Covid19. The annual event has become popular with both locals and visitors to the city. The lantern festival […]

Te Tatau o Te Arawa representative Rawiri Waru is calling for a rule review to allow te reo Māori to have the same standing as English on road signs. On Monday, Waru told the Rotorua Daily Post the idea that only English signs were “legally complying” meant there was “a bit of racism in there”. […]

The Australian government says it has finalised a deal for a limited travel bubble across the Tasman, but New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says the country is still not ready to have quarantine-free travel. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he spoke to his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern earlier today. Announcing the news across the […]

In a year full of travel misery and Covid chaos, there is one ironic bright spot – the New Zealand passport is now the world’s most powerful according to one visa index. The Passport Index is one of several indices which measure the amount of visa-free world travel. It looks at the passports of 193 […]

Hawke’s Bay has recorded the largest increase in visitor spending in August, rising 10 percent to $45 million dollars. It was the only region in the North Island to experience growth, with Auckland suffering the largest drop in visitor spending, down 61 percent to $255m, compared to August 2019, according to figures from the Ministry […]