New Zealand's inbound migration remained elevated in November as new migrants kept arriving and fewer locals drifted across the Tasman.

Queenstown has emerged as an international heavyweight in the luxury ski resort property market, with new research showing property price growth in the tourist town outstripping traditional high-flying destinations in Europe and the US.

Air New Zealand says its on track to boost earnings by 20 per cent for the first half of the year.

At Tourism Holding's annual meeting, chairman Rob Campbell said earnings before interest and tax for the six months to Dec 31 were expected to rise 25% to $6.6m.

Market changing, report finds, and while numbers are growing future is in visitors who want to stay longer.

New Zealand needs tourists who spend more money, rather than just more people through the airport gates, Prime Minister John Key says.

Middle-earth mania, strong marketing campaigns and economic growth are reasons for an increase in tourists from Asia and the Americas, says a new survey.

Former Westland mayor Durham Havill says he is forming a new private company to build a "class one highway" from Haast to Milford Sound via the Hollyford Valley.

Auckland Airport has released plans for a $2.4b 'airport of the future' that includes a sweeping crescent - shaped domestic and international terminal on one site.

A motel made up of converted planes, trains, and ships and featuring Hobbit holes is on the market.

China Southern Airlines will be the first carrier to operate scheduled Boeing 787 Dreamliner services to New Zealand from Monday.

New Zealand had its highest net gain of migrants in more than 10 years last month, as even fewer Kiwis left for Australia.

Tourism New Zealand says a big digital push is paying off with a surge in the number of referrals to industry businesses in the past year.

John Key defended New Zealand's "100 per cent pure New Zealand" tourism campaign in a speech to a tourism conference in Bali focusing on sustainable development.

The prospect of direct Emirates flights between Auckland and Dubai - which would become one of the world's longest commercial aviation routes.

The introduction of an Airbus A380 aircraft on Emirates' daily Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland route will boost annual capacity on the service by 100,000 seats.

South Island iwi Ngai Tahu almost doubled bottom-line profit from $68.9 million to $121.7 million after a sharemarket surge and farm revaluations.

Vulnerable air links have been identified as a potential barrier to developing New Zealand's $23.4 billion tourism industry.

Rhythm & Vines founder Hamish Pinkham has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association's award for young tourism leader of the year.

Researchers at Westpac have painted a bright future for the tourism sector.

After being in the doldrums for most of the last 10 years, the tourism sector is being tipped to go through an upturn.

New Zealand gained a seasonally adjusted net 2,100 migrants last month, as fewer Kiwis cross the Tasman.