Long recognised as a summer mecca for holidaymakers, Papamoa Beach in the sunny Bay of Plenty is proving a magnet for Kiwis seeking an end-of-winter break.
The World Buskers Festival has won the Supreme 2009 Champion Canterbury Small Enterprise Award and the Champion Host Small Enterprise Award presented at New Zealand's larget business awards in Christchurch.
Queenstowns multi-talented performer, event manager, producer and marketing consultant Simon Green has been reappointed to the role of Festival Manager for the 2010 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival.
Jazz maestro Rodger Fox and legendary multi-award winning Kiwi entertainer Ray Woolf have teamed up to celebrate the golden age of swing at this years ASB Queenstown JazzFest.
Tourism Auckland i-SITE consultant, Julie Barker, is one of the best in the country having won a 100% Pure Welcome Award at the recent i-SITE Conference in Wanaka.
Destination Queenstown and Air New Zealand have teamed up to launch a major advertising campaign to encourage more Australians to visit Queenstown this summer.