A gondola ride over the bush of the Waitakere Ranges is proposed in a home-grown bid to boost environmental tourism in West Auckland.

There's been a healthy jump in accommodation number for July, with the North Island, particularly Auckland, leading the charge.

When two exhausted cyclists pull up to Eden Park on the evening of the World Cup final, few will know how far they've come.

Russian engineers have announced the ultimate get-away-from-it-all holiday, revealing plans to put a hotel into orbit 320km above Earth by 2016.

The unusual snow blast that swept across the country this week made yesterday the busiest day of the season.

A company selling overseas golf travel packages has folded suddenly, leaving many players out of pocket and angering top courses and administrators.