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Tourism Auckland Breaks New Ground with Inaugural Australian Campaign Tourism Auckland aims to boost Australian visitor numbers with an innovative $2.7 million marketing campaign which has just been launched.

• Australians to Find Out Theres No Place Like Wellington
• Tourism Industry Sees Great Opportunity in Air NZ Changes
• Air New Zealand to Transform its Tasman and Pacific Island Services
• Smooth Sailing for Launch of New Zealands First Floating i-SITE

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Festival of TahitiTahiti is about to hold its most flamboyant festival ever! Heiva i Tahiti means Festival of Tahiti and it starts at the end of June and runs all the way through July, taking in the huge celebration that is Bastille Day - the national day in France.

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Whale on the table

Having lived in Japan for the last year the recent arrest here of Kiwi whale activist and Sea Shepherd crew member Peter Bethune got me thinking that perhaps I was quite well placed to provide some context on the overall issue of ‘whale on the table'.

Have I been dished up whale? No, I have not; not to my knowledge anyway. ...

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In the Eye of the Tiger: how to survive the Lantern FestivalIt'd been a couple of years since I last attended the Auckland Lantern Festival and I had completely forgotten how amazing it is. For three days, Albert Park in the CBD is transformed into a multicoloured, multi-cultural spectacle as Aucklanders join the Chinese and wider Asian communities in celebrating the Lunar New Year (this year it's the Year of the Tiger).

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And so, in closing...

On one of those days where I just needed to crunch some miles I took I44 across Missouri. It was a dull and at times wet day, and so I couldn't help but notice the big bright neon signs I regularly passed for what were called 'Adult Stores'. According to the signs festooned across the large but bland buildings that were positioned just by the off ramps these places had a bit of whatever took your fancy, and 'at great prices'. ...