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Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern addresses media in New York

PM Jacinda Ardern kicked off the first day of her US trip with The Late Show, business and tourism. Video / Claire Trevett

Claire Trevett: PM starts the hustle in NY to get tourists back

PM now has to battle Covid wariness as well as the tyranny of distance to get tourists.

Australian airports on-time performance worse than mid-pandemic

The number of on-time services are at their lowest point since records began.

Premium: Non-stop to New York | Selling the service

Non-stop to New York: Selling the service with Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty. Video / Brett Phibbs / Getty Images

Focus Morning Bulletin: 23 May, 2022

PM jets to the US but why she might not meet the President, how a tight job market is impacting salaries and what an Albanese win means for NZ in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Tourist attraction that celebrates colonisation 'still there and hurtful'

Christchurch's Time Tunnel has had complaints since it opened in 2006.

Travel uptake revealed as Visa Waiver countries return

There are fewer than five NZeTAs still valid from before the Pandemic.

Hotel hotspots: The regions where recovery is quickest

One area that's been popular with Kiwis took a hit during April

Prince Harry wants to rate tourists on how green their holidays are

The duke appears in skit to encourage holidaymakers to make sustainable travel choices.

Govt says NZ is open: Travel and tourism groups say not really

Pre-testing can badly derail travel into NZ and faulty forms can cost you $4000.

New Zealand's mental map

How well do we know our backyard really? Study reveals gaps

'Flights are full': The big airline rebuild - the carriers coming back to NZ

Airlines have full planes but lobby group says border rules need further relaxation.

DoC bunk breakdown shows Aussies back on tracks

One in five bunks booked by overseas visitors as Milford sells out in record time

Airbnb ends Covid-19 refund policy

Booking platforms are eager to move on from the pandemic cancellation policies.

Opinion: What is NZ's plan to balance out the brain drain?

New Zealand needs to offer people enough value to stay, writes Sébastien Desclée.

What hard-hit Auckland hotels are doing to bring back guests

Occupancy in Auckland plunged to less than a third in February and scheme aims at reboot.