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RealNZ Cruise-for-a-Cause raises almost $30,000
RealNZ Cruise-for-a-Cause has raised almost $30,000 to help schoolchildren continue to learn about their natural heritage at sought-after school camp.
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#WellbeingForWhakatipu partnership launched
Ziptrek Ecotours and the Southern Wellbeing Trust have partnered with other likeminded local small businesses to launch #WellbeingForWhakatipu.
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Air NZ and MBIE scope out Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry
Air New Zealand’s journey to net-zero has reached another significant milestone with the airline and MBIE joining forces to bring Sustainable Aviation Fuel one step closer to becoming a reality.
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KiwiRail gets world-first green loan certification for new ferries
KiwiRail’s $350m loan facility to finance the purchase of two new Interislander ferries has become the first shipping loan in the world to be certified by the Climate Bond Initiative.
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Promoting and encouraging an accessible and inclusive Queenstown
Over the last few months, DQ has been reviewing and enriching the Accessible Queenstown online resource on queenstownNZ.nz for visitors with access needs.
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GO Electric with GO Rentals
You can now tour the South Island of New Zealand in a Tesla and support tourism businesses leading the way in sustainability along your journey.
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Queenstown tourism operator wins coveted global award
Queenstown-based Altitude Tours has been named the Top Wine Experience in the world by travel website Tripadvisor.
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Queenstown Airport introduces Sunflower Lanyards to support those with hidden disabilities
People with disabilities travelling through Queenstown Airport can now do so a little easier thanks to the introduction of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme.
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Tree planting as part of employee's onboarding – #TiakiChampions
Ziptrek Ecotours began their native tree-planting project on Bob’s Peak 11 years ago. Since then, the eco-tour operator has planted over 5000 native trees and scrubs.
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Tourism podcast focuses on regenerative tourism - #TiakiChampions
GOOD Awaits - The Regenerative Tourism New Zealand podcast is a platform for the collective discovery of what regenerative tourism means and to prompt discussion around how operators, travellers and tourism stakeholders can fulfil our commitment to the Tiaki Promise.
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Active Adventures guides give back - #TiakiChampions
The guides at Active Adventures would normally be working flat out guiding visitors around beautiful Aotearoa on small group adventures. "But because we can’t currently give them enough work, they’ve put their efforts into giving back instead," says CEO Wendy van Lieshout.
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Social adventure group teaches all-round respect - #TiakiChampions
Got To Get Out is a domestic-tourism focused social enterprise adventure group involved in a number of projects that 'get Kiwis experiencing their back yard'. When they sell tickets to their paid-for trips, which include hiking, biking, overnight weekends and ski trips, they also gift tickets to youth in need.
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THL team plants native trees as trail run prizes - #TiakiChampions
Tourism Holdings Limited's Auckland team headed down to Waitomo for a day to plant 1500 native trees at Stubbs Farm.
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EcoZip donates $8k for native tree planting - #TiakiChampions
Waiheke’s EcoZip Adventures has contributed $8000 towards the purchase of 1400 native trees for planting in seven wetland areas across the island.
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James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor joins Living Wage movement
Wellington’s iconic James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor is joining the movement to pay the living wage to all their employees, one of the first non-MIQ hotels in New Zealand to do so.
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Arrowtown’s long lunch provides for its community
Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association has donated the profits made at Arrowtown’s Long Lunch to two worthy causes.
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Conservation team reboots Little penguin survey
With tourism slowing down for a while, the Pohatu Penguins team took the opportunity to improve conservation data, reproducing the first Little penguin survey of the whole of Banks Peninsula.
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World’s first commercial Jet boat operator looks after locals
When New Zealand came out of Alert Level 3, KJet was ready. Having managed to retain most of their staff, the world’s first commercial Jet boat operator ensured there was a 'locals deal' for a bookable product available for New Zealanders, while continuing its community work.
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Connecting Bay of Plenty locals with the locals of the sea
Dolphin Seafaris was the first tourism operator in the North Island to be awarded the Department of Conservation’s SMART accreditation. Dolphin Seafaris also partners with marine conservation charity Project Jonah.
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Iconic Kewpie tour boat makes history with first female skipper
Tauranga’s historic Kewpie tourism boat has a new owner, and – for the first time in her history – a female skipper. Amy Neale purchased Kewpie after working aboard as a crew member for over two years. Neale is also Tauranga’s first female skipper to captain a tourism boat.
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