A group of more than 200 top Chinese travel agents have arrived in Auckland on a double-decker Airbus A380 plane.

China has named New Zealand as one of 45 countries whose people will be allowed to stay in Beijing visa-free for up to three days during a transit break from a trip to another destination.

A new Government report shows campervan tourists are spending close to $500m a year in New Zealand.

In a sign of the times motorhome rental operator Tourism Holdings is setting up RV supermarkets in Auckland and Christchurch.

New Zealand's ports are at a critical point - improve their infrastructure to support the expanding cruise ship industry or lose the business.

John Key has dismissed criticism of New Zealand's "100% Pure" brand, by comparing it to a McDonalds marketing campaign.

Editorial: Russel Norman is absolutely right to say that scientists must be free to perform their academic duty to report environmental degradation.

The 101 best things about New Zealand have been listed - and there are a few you wouldn't expect.

Prime Minister and Tourism Minster John Key won't be drawn into the debate over legalising cannabis to aid tourism, using Northland as a trial area.

This decision was made within the context of a wider Govt strategy designed to better optimise the opportunities presented by our fastest-growing visitor market, writes Martin Snedden.

The pub featured in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies will become the centre piece of Matamata's Hobbiton Tour.

It was one of the most innovative ideas in New Zealand tourism but 45 years after the Skyline gondola in Queenstown carried its first passengers to the top of Bob's Peak, the company behind it has achieved more than anyone believed possible.

These are lean times for tourism. New Zealand is competing with 140 other destinations to attract them and appears to be doing quite well.

China Southern Airlines will be flying its double decker super jumbo to Auckland next month.

Pike River is a Third World scandal we thought could never happen in a modern civilised country such as ours, writes Brian Rudman.

Money spent by Chinese visitors to New Zealand has soared nearly 40 per cent in the past year, taking it past the UK as our second biggest source of tourism dollars.

Air New Zealand is pulling out of its Hong Kong to London service from March next year, a move that is expected to shed around 70 London-based jobs.

Air New Zealand has taken delivery of the first of its new ATR 72-600 regional aircraft.

Flight prices are being slashed as airlines and travel agents make the most of the holiday season drawing nearer.

By banning promotional imagery of Maori and country scenes, Tourism NZ is denying our global uniqueness.

Jane Phare tours the markets and malls of Kuala Lumpur to snap up bargains, drool over designer labels and hunt for a scooter.