News: Government
Tourism regains number one export status
As the record-breaking summer season gets into full swing, latest figures show that tourism has surpassed dairy and is once again New Zealand’s number one export earner. Using the…
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Great Barrier Reef tourism operators consider implications of coal port spoil dumping
The tourism industry in Tropical North Queensland is absorbing how the implications of a decision by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to approve the creation of one of the…
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New Zealand Government looks at further sunbed restrictions
With reported evidence that New Zealand’s voluntary standard for the use of sunbeds isn’t being adhered to, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has begun a public consultation on…
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Australian tourism figures show further record spending
Tourism continues to be one of the great success stories of the Australian economy with the latest figures setting new domestic travel records in spending, number of trips and nights away…
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India-Pakistan Test cricket series unlikely to proceed
With continued uncertainty over the staging of a potential India-Pakistan cricket series, the matches now look unlikely to proceed. First planned to be staged in India, opposition to the…
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Tourism leaders welcome Paris Agreement on climate change
The Paris Agreement to slow global warming at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) has been welcomed by tourism leaders. With tourism is estimated to contribute at least 5% of global…
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GymSports NZ dismay at $1.6 million funding cut
GymSports NZ has expressed “dismay” at learning that its funding from Sport New Zealand is to be cut by an annual sum of $400,000, a 62% decrease in its funding. In the last…
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Australia Council announces $10.4 million in arts funding
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced $10.4 million of investment in Australian arts through its September grants round. Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony…
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