New Zealand has scored a new public holiday for the Māori New Year, marking its first national holiday to recognise and celebrate mātauranga Māori.

Tourism New Zealand has suffered some very unfortunate timing with the launch of its new tourism campaign directed at Aussies.

As this latest major announcement proves, it really has been a big week for Tourism New Zealand.

The announcement of quarantine-free travel from Australia to NZ has been met with plenty of positive reactions from all corners of the industry. We’ve gathered just about all of them for your perusal.

The Travel Weekly team can guarantee that Air New Zealand’s latest safety video is a lot better than that cringeworthy rapping effort with Julian Dennison.

While hope still remains for the trans-Tasman bubble to become two-way before Christmas, both Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand are expecting it to take a little longer.

Keen to attend both Travel DAZE and the Tri Nations next week? Well, Air New Zealand is making it all the more possible with this generous competition!

Kiwis are describing this year’s Travel DAZE line-up as “choice, bro”. Mainly because Tourism New Zealand’s director of commercial will be featuring.

Given the number of big cheeses we’ve lined up for Travel DAZE this year, you’re going to want to secure your spot.

Mark Travel DAZE 2020 down as ‘must attend’, namely because it’s COVID-safe, it’s got some big-name speakers, and it’s absolutely free!