Tourist Receives 15-Week Sentence In NZ

German tourist jailed in New Zealand for smuggling lizards

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A German tourist was sentenced to jail time Wednesday after he admitted trying to smuggle native New Zealand lizards out of the country — the second such case in five wee

Tourists Spent $6.2 Billion In New Zealand

Aussie tourists are biggest spenders in New Zealand

The amount of money spent by international visitors hit a record high of $6.2 billion last year, despite fallout from the global financial crisis.

Queens Wharf Cruise Terminal

Cheaper terminal on Queens Wharf fine by cruise industry

Auckland, New Zealand - The cruise ship industry would be happy with a $6 million to $10 million terminal on Queens Wharf - much less than the $49.2 million one that forms part of a $97 million plan f

Tourism And Taxes

New Zealand tourism faces GST backlash

International visitors will pay an extra $20 million in GST if the tax is raised to 15 per cent, and the extra cost will hurt, the tourist industry says.

Franz Josef Glacier Tourist Hurt

Duh, that's what the warning signs ARE for: Canadian tourist injured at Franz Josef Glacier

A 24-year-old tourist has a shattered leg after being hit by falling rocks at Franz Josef Glacier.

New Zealand

Tourist lost in New Zealand texts his family in Greece to guide searchers to him

A tourist lost on Mt Ruapehu on Saturday night used his cellphone to text his family in Greece to guide searchers to him.

British Departure Tax

New Zealand and Australia to fight British "money grab"

Letters from Prime Minister John Key on long-haul travel taxes have been ignored for more than a year by British counterpart Gordon Brown, and the tourism industry is gearing up to fight them.

Fake Maori Scandal

Tour operator: Foreigners hired because real Maoris “too lazy to get out of bed”

Europeans and Israelis living in New Zealand were found to be posing as Maoris for a local tour operator.

Christchurch Gecko Bust

German tourist busted at NZ airport with 44 geckos in his pants

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand's wild gecko and skink populations,

New Zealand

French tourist charged over fatal collision

A French tourist faces charges over a fatal collision with a motorbike in Waikato.

Queensland

Queensland's tourism targets China, New Zealand

The Fraser Coast can expect a major influx of visitors from China and New Zealand if a $7 million State Government tourism initiative hits the mark.

New Zealand

NZ police: Educate tourist drivers

More education for tourists driving on New Zealand roads is needed to prevent serious and fatal crashes, police say.

New Zealand's "Outdoor Safety Code"

NZ tourism industry to pass safety tips to visitors

Foreign tourists in New Zealand will be bombarded with basic safety messages this summer because authorities think they don't know how to act in the outdoors.

November Travel Statistics

Two sides to New Zealand travel industry fortunes

New Zealand travel statistics for November showed visitor arrivals from Australia had boomed, up 9 percent compared with the same month in 2008, but those coming for conferences had more than halved b

New Zealand

'Delinquent dolphin' torments New Zealand tourists

Moko, the killer dolphin?

Tourists have dubbed Moko the "delinquent dolphin" after he recently began tormenting tourists at the New Zealand resort town of Gisborne.

Antarctica

New Zealand fears tourism disaster in Antarctica

WELLINGTON — New rules are needed for tourist ships visiting Antarctica to prevent a disaster in the world's most isolated region, according to New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.

NZ Tourism

New Zealand is rich in outdoors and cultural tourism

As I tumbled down the hillside in a gigantic beach ball filled with water, feeling somewhat like I was in a washing machine, it occurred to me that there had to be a better way to experience New Zeala

New Zealand

Erebus disaster etched onto Kiwi psyche

Three decades ago this week, New Zealand was a mass of tears.

Tourism New Zealand

Tourism NZ banks on celebrity appeal to lure US tourists

Tourism New Zealand chief executive George Hickton says the tourism marketing spend in the North American market will be more than doubled to about $10 million.

New Zealand

New Zealand's newest tourist attraction - icebergs

For the second time in four years, a flotilla of icebergs, perhaps 100 or more, are bearing down on New Zealand.