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New Zealand tourism industry information and resources

There are several key players that make up the New Zealand tourism industry. Here’s everything you need to know.

Organisations you should know about

There are several key players that make up the New Zealand tourism industry. Here are a few organisations you should know about that can provide support.

• TIA represents all sectors of New Zealand’s tourism industry and advocates for issues that impact the industry.
• Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) markets New Zealand to the world as a tourist destination.
• Tourism Export Council of New Zealand (TECNZ) is the industry association for tourism export. It works to connect tourism businesses with inbound tour operators (IBOs).
• WellingtonNZ is the Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) for the Wellington Region. There are 31 RTOs in New Zealand, responsible for marketing their region and supporting their local tourism businesses.
• We work with Destination Wairarapa  the RTO for the Wairarapa region.
• Your local council can provide specific context-relevant support for your area.
• Your local Chamber of Commerce may have a range of advisory services and support for new businesses.

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Tourism New Zealand opportunities

TNZ supports the tourism industry in several ways.

• Promote your tourism business and submit deals on Tourism New Zealand’s consumer website . Product listings are free with millions of page views by international visitors each year. Get help and support at the  Tourism Business Database .
• Get a Qualmark accreditation . Qualmark is New Zealand’s official mark of quality, and once certified, you will have more opportunities to work with TNZ.
• Keep your newzealand.com listing up-to-date. They can give Qualmark operators the opportunity to be included in TNZ’s marketing campaigns .
• TNZ carries out market research across target visitor markets to better understand their thinking and behaviours.
• Share the Tiaki Promise , a commitment to care for New Zealand while travelling. It has guiding principles for visitors to follow to contribute to preserving and protecting our people and place.

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Use these tools to get the data and insights you need to succeed:

• Domestic Growth Insight Tool (DGiT) — identifies domestic markets and travel motivations.
• Figure.NZ Tourism Hub — search for a range of data by sector and location.
• Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTE) — an estimate of regional monthly expenditure on tourism from both international and domestic consumers.
• International Visitor Survey (IVS) — a survey measuring the spend, characteristics, and behaviour of international visitors to New Zealand.
• Accommodation Data Programme (ADP) — information on short-term accommodation at national, regional, and lower levels, including guest nights, occupancy rates and more.

Starting a tourism business in New Zealand

When starting a tourism business in New Zealand, you need to know the relevant regulations and legislation you must comply with.

We suggest you speak with a professional to establish what may apply to your business, but here are a few that may be relevant.

• When you start a business, you become a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Check WorkSafe  to find out what this means for you.
• If your product has any aspect of adventure, check  WorkSafe to see if your product is considered an adventure activity and whether you need to follow specific regulations.
• If you are operating a passenger service, check with New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to find out what licences you need.
• If you plan to take visitors to public conservation land or interact with wildlife, you may need a  Department of Conservation (DOC) permit .

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Ensuring New Zealand benefits from sustainable tourism growth

• Hon Kelvin Davis
• Hon Eugenie Sage

The New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy, which aims to deliver benefits to New Zealanders through productive, sustainable and inclusive tourism growth, has been launched today by Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.

The new Strategy sets out a more deliberate and active role for government in tourism, to better manage the challenges of growth and share the benefits of tourism more widely.

“Tourism is a vital part of New Zealand’s ongoing success, supporting national and regional economies, creating jobs and allowing us to celebrate who we are. We must ensure that we’re set up to continue enjoying these benefits, while better managing the challenges that growth can bring,” Kelvin Davis said.

“The Tourism Strategy sets out five key outcomes for tourism in New Zealand to ultimately improve New Zealanders’ lives through tourism, and enrich our country through sustainable tourism growth.”

New Zealand’s natural environment, culture and historic heritage are an important focus for the Tourism Strategy.

“New Zealand’s natural and cultural heritage is at the core of our tourism industry and our national identity. We must build a sustainable visitor industry that protects and cherishes this heritage for future generations,” Eugenie Sage said.

“ As visitor numbers rise we must ensure the tourism industry is part of the solution for our biggest conservation challenges; including climate change, impact of pest species, and habitat loss and degradation.

“Tourism can be a champion for the restoration of the natural environment, and show other industries and sectors how it can be done successfully.”

The Tourism Strategy includes a work programme and priorities to focus the new direction for tourism and make sure it is a success. Tools such as the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy, and the response to the Responsible Camping Working Group will help to make this a reality.

The ongoing success of the Tourism Strategy and tourism overall, will rely on strong industry leadership.

“We know that we’ll have better tourism outcomes by working closely with the tourism and conservation sectors, and building stronger partnerships with Māori tourism enterprise, iwi, hapū and tangata whenua. We look forward to working together with the industry to achieve our goals,” Kelvin Davis said.

More information on the New Zealand- Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy can be found online at www.mbie.govt.nz/tourism-strategy .

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Here you'll find insights, data and information about tourism in new zealand. these resources are for anyone wanting to know more about what's happening in the tourism sector - policy makers, tourism businesses and the general public. there are reports, an interactive dashboard and articles addressing common questions., use the navigation buttons above or the links below to navigate:, data releases - find latest tourism data releases., resources - find presentations, articles and reports with insights and research results to help you better understand what's happening in the tourism sector., sustainable tourism explorer - use this interactive platform to explore sustainability-related tourism data., search bar - use keywords to find data releases, resources and explorer pages of your interest., about page - learn about the purpose, history, and development of this tool., questions and requests - if you need something that's not covered here, send us your question or request and we'll get back to you., changes - view the history and development of the site., data releases, latest tourism data, are we missing a dataset please contact us..

See below the list of tourism datasets with release frequency and link to data source.

Dataset name

Link to source

Accommodation Data Programme (ADP)

Exchange rates and Trade Weighted Index (TWI)

International Visitor Survey (IVS)

International Travel

Labour market statistics

Migration statistics, new zealand energy sector greenhouse gas emissions.

New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Tourism Electronic Card Transactions (TECTs)

Tourism Satellite Account

Accommodation Data Programme

The accommodation data programme (adp) provides information about short-term accommodation activity such as guest nights and occupancy rates., 29-march-2024, international travel, international travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and new zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering or leaving new zealand., 14-march-2024, international visitor survey (rolling annual), the international visitor survey (ivs) measures the expenditure, characteristics and behaviours of international visitors to new zealand., 05-march-2024, international visitor survey (quarterly), tourism satelite account, the tourism satellite account provides a picture of the role tourism plays in new zealand, with information on the changing levels and impact of tourism activity., 29-february-2024, monthly regional tourism estimates, monthly regional tourism estimates (mrtes) - understand tourism spend activity in new zealand., 07-december-2023, tourism recovery dashboard, track the recovery of the tourism sector in near-real time as the borders reopen, using border/visitor arrivals and card spend data., 10-november-2023, statsnz + marketview + sabre, monthly unique regional population estimates, monthly unique local and visitor populations in each rto in aotearoa new zealand, using mobile phone data., 05-october-2023, tourism electronic card transactions, the tects are an interim replacement for the monthly regional tourism estimates (mrtes) to understand tourism spend activity in new zealand., 07-september-2023, new zealand's greenhouse gas inventory, new zealand's greenhouse gas inventory is the official annual estimate of all human-generated greenhouse gas emissions and removals that have occurred in new zealand since 1990., 13-april-2023, ministry for the environment, there are two key sources of migration statistics. immigration new zealand and mbie report information on non-new zealand citizens who apply and come to new zealand on various visas. the international migration statistics produced by stats nz provide a comprehensive picture of the number and characteristics of migrants entering and leaving new zealand., mbie and stats nz, exchange rates and trade weighted index, the trade-weighted index (twi) is a measure of the value of the new zealand dollar (nzd) relative to the currencies of new zealand's major trading partners., reserve bank of new zealand, the labour market statistics information release combines data from surveys to present a broad picture of the labour market., 05-may-2021, the new zealand energy sector greenhouse gas emissions contain the latest provisional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector in new zealand., 11-march-2021, presentations, reports, insights and more, would you like to contribute.

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International Visitor Survey - Year end December 2023 and December Q4 2023 Data Release

International visitor survey – year-end december 2023 data shows international visitor spend recovering to pre-pandemic levels.

International Visitor Survey - Year end September 2023 and September Q3 2023 Data Release

A report featuring the 2023 q3 data release for the international visitor survey (ivs)., 04-december-2023, monthly regional tourism estimates - september 2023 data release, a report featuring the the september 2023 data release for the monthly regional tourism estimates., 23-november-2023, adp and murpes - august 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the august 2023 adp and murpes data., tects, adp, and murpes - july 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the july 2023 tects, adp, and murpes data., tects, adp, and murpes - june 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the june 2023 tects, adp, and murpes data., 03-august-2023, tects, adp, and murpes - may 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the may 2023 tects, adp, and murpes data., 06-july-2023, public pulse of conservation - june 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the june 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 23-june-2023.

Department of Conservation

Tects, adp, and murpes - april 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the april 2023 tects, adp, and murpes data., 01-june-2023, public pulse of conservation - may 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the may 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 24-may-2023, tects, adp, and murpes - march 2023 data release, a report summarising the findings from the march 2023 tects, adp, and murpes data., 04-may-2023, public pulse of conservation - april 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the april 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 02-may-2023, public pulse of conservation - march 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the march 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 24-march-2023, public pulse of conservation - february 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the february 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 24-february-2023, public pulse of conservation - january 2023 report, a report summarising the findings from the january 2023 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 23-january-2023, public pulse of conservation - december 2022 report, a report summarising the findings from the december 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 22-december-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 6 december, monthly commentary and insights from the latest high-frequency real-time data from the tourism recovery dashboard., 06-december-2022.

Public Pulse of Conservation - November 2022 report

A report summarising the findings from the november 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 29-november-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 8 november, 08-november-2022, public pulse of conservation - october 2022 report, a report summarising the findings from the october 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 21-october-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 18 october, 18-october-2022, public pulse of conservation - september 2022 report, a report summarising the findings from the september 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 28-september-2022, giving back to nature - insights from the queen charlotte track, a report from doc providing insights into the walking experience of visitors on queen charlotte track, focusing on why visitors walk the track, how they connect with nature, and what ‘giving back’ to conservation means., 22-september-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 12 september, 12-september-2022, public pulse of conservation - august 2022 report, a report summarising the findings from the august 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 31-august-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 30 august, commentary and insights from the latest high-frequency real-time data from the tourism recovery dashboard., 30-august-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 16 august, 16-august-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 2 august, 02-august-2022, public pulse of conservation - july 2022 report, a report summarising the findings from the july 2022 wave of doc's public pulse of conservation., 26-july-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 19 july, 19-july-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 5 july, 05-july-2022, tourism recovery insights data pack - 23 june, 23-june-2022, indigenous data sovereignty – why does it matter, amanda lee shares her point of view and knowledge about indigenous data sovereignty., 29-april-2022.

Ka mua, ka muri - Looking forward to the border reopening by looking back at tourism data

As the border reopens, the tourism evidence and insights team at hīkina whakatutuki - mbie looks back at what tourism data can tell us about the present and future state of the tourism sector., 14-april-2022, tourism electronic card transaction spend for february 2022 released, analysis of domestic and international tourist electronic card spend for february 2022., 07-april-2022, accommodation data programme for february 2022 released, insights from accommodation data for february 2022 as the sector grapples with the omicron outbreak., 25-march-2022, tourism electronic card transaction spend for january 2022 released, analysis of domestic and international tourist electronic card spend for january 2022., 03-march-2022, accommodation data programme for january 2022 released, insights from accommodation data for january 2022 as the sector recovers from the delta outbreak., 28-february-2022, tourism electronic card transaction spend for december 2021 released, analysis of domestic and international tourist electronic card spend for december 2021., 17-february-2022, accommodation data programme for december 2021 released, core accommodation data results from the adp for december 2021., 11-february-2022, tourism electronic card transaction spend for november 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for november 2021., 20-january-2022, accommodation data programme for november 2021 released, core accommodation data from the adp for november 2021., 22-december-2021, international recognition for tourism sustainability commitment, a new zealand program that supports tourism operators to become more sustainable has gained international recognition., 21-december-2021.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa

Stakeholder perspectives of the future of accessible tourism in new zealand, this research paper provides insights on the scope of accessible tourism in new zealand, and supports its future., 17-december-2021.

Tourism For All NZ

Improving the accessibility of the tourism industry in new zealand, understanding the expectations and experiences of accessibility in tourism, in order to suggest improvements to the tourism sector., tourism satellite account for year-ended march 2021 released, information on tourism's contribution to the new zealand economy in terms of expenditure and employment., 10-december-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for october 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for october 2021., 02-december-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for september 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for september 2021., 02-november-2021, tourism insights users group, find the meeting agenda and watch a full replay of the whole recorded zoom session., 27-october-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for august 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for august 2021., 06-october-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for july 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for july 2021., 01-september-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for june 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for june 2021., 05-august-2021, 14-july-2021, tourism electronic card transaction spend for may 2021 released, domestic and international spend from electronic card transactions for may 2021., 01-july-2021, trans-tasman quarantine free travel datapack, datapacks mbie produces to inform the minister of tourism., 01-june-2021, recovery intel report, the recovery intel report tells the story of our district pre-covid-19, the impact of the level 4 lockdown and the emerging impact in relation to economic predictions., 01-april-2021.

Queentown Lakes District Council

Domestic satisfaction report, results for year ending december 2020., 25-february-2021.

Not 100% – but four steps closer to sustainable tourism

Parliamentary commissioner for the environment, simon upton, is urging for a substantially smaller environmental footprint., 18-february-2021.

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

The department of conservation’s heritage and visitor strategy, it guides doc's work to protect and enhance the values of new zealand’s natural, cultural and historic heritage., 17-february-2021.

Department Of Conservation

Mrtes and the tects, the tourism electronic card transactions (tects) replace the monthly regional tourism estimates (mrtes) in the interim., 04-february-2021, impact of the covid-19 pandemic on intentions to travel among usa consumers, survey results., 21-january-2021.

Tourism New Zealand

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on intentions to travel among australia consumers, evaluation of the new zealand cycle trail - counter data analysis, 2020, an evaluation of the counter data of the 22 great rides of ngā haerenga new zealand cycle trails was conducted over 12 months from 1 march 2019 to 28 february 2020., 22-december-2020, covid-19 tourism industry survey, tourism industry aotearoa's latest industry survey results., 17-november-2020, new zealanders in the outdoors survey, domestic customer segmentation research., 21-september-2020, fewer women working in tourism industries, 21-august-2020.

Time for Reset? Covid-19 and Tourism Resilience

Scientific article., 21-may-2020.

Tourism Review International

Covid-19, indigenous peoples and tourism: a view from new zealand.

Tourism Geographies

Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of covid-19.

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Quarterly tourism report, see what happened in the tourism space in the first quarter of 2019., 18-june-2019, calculating year-ended figures in the mrtes, calculate mrte year-end figures for any historic month., higher-spending visitors in the ivs, understand the characteristics of visitors who spend higher amounts per day while in new zealand., 05-june-2019, summary of quarter december 2018., 07-march-2019, why do the mrtes get revised, find out more about mrte revisions., 20-february-2019, how can i estimate tourism spend per visitor, calculating spend per visitor in new zealand., 04-february-2019, overview of tourism spend in new zealand, how to estimate tourism spend in new zealand., 15-january-2019, petrol prices are affecting visitor spend across new zealand., 10-december-2018, haven't found what you were looking for, send us your question or request.

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Achieving economic sustainability.

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Achieving visitor sustainability.

Use these recommendations to help you meet your Visitor Sustainability Commitments.

Commitments 7-9

Achieving community sustainability.

Use these recommendations to help you meet your Community Sustainability Commitments.

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NZ tourism can use the disruption of COVID-19 to drive sustainable change — and be more competitive

Professor of Tourism, University of Otago

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The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s second tourism report urges the government to take advantage of the disruption caused by COVID-19 to transform the tourism industry.

Titled “ Not 100% – but four steps closer to sustainable tourism ”, it builds on commissoner Simon Upton’s 2019 “ Pristine, popular … imperilled? ” report and presents four detailed policy proposals intended to shift the tourism sector from a volume/demand model to a sustainability model:

introducing a departure tax to address the high and unavoidable emissions associated with international air travel

making central government funding for tourism infrastructure conditional on environmental criteria.

strengthening legislation allowing the Department of Conservation to fully protect Aotearoa’s most spectacular natural areas

strengthening existing standards for self-contained freedom camping.

These represent a paradigm shift away from industry subsidy to increasing tourist and tourism business accountability.

Not business as usual

There is also much to like about the three key principles underpinning the commissioner’s recommendations:

tourism should be treated like any other sector of the economy, without special priority and public subsidy

communities and mana whenua should be central to tourism decision-making

tourists and tourism businesses should meet the costs of the resources they consume (including finite environmental resources).

The report acknowledges the threat to the survival of many local tourism businesses from the crippling of international travel. But the commissioner argues there is great interest in, and wide support for, using this disruption to shape the industry’s recovery.

However, that transition will require active intervention to avoid a return to the status quo.

Over-tourism and climate change

There are two standout features of the report. First, it identifies the key concerns of many New Zealanders and tackles them head on. These include freedom camping , crowding and loss of natural quiet in our most stunning conservation areas.

The recommendations extend to strengthening rules around commercial activity on conservation land and water, improving the certification process for campervans, and requiring rental agencies to play a greater role in collecting freedom camping infringement fees and fines.

Read more: The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability

Central to the report is the need to empower mana whenua and local communities to be heard in tourism development and management planning, and to further the scope for Māori to exercise tino rangatiratanga , kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga .

Secondly, and perhaps most importantly in terms of shaping the re-emergence of a 21st-century tourism system, the report tackles the inescapable global issues arising from the high emissions of international air travel.

Return of the departure tax?

New Zealand is a geographically remote destination, dependent on long-haul markets. It is also a place of spectacular natural beauty in a world of accelerating environmental degradation.

As such it is a destination threatened less by sensitivity to increasing travel costs — the impact of a passenger tax on tourist demand is likely to be modest — and more by climate concerns and growing “ flygskam ” (flight shame).

The commissioner recommends the introduction of a distance-based departure tax that would generate between $NZ100 million and $400 million annually, ring-fenced to support efforts to reduce emissions.

Tax revenue aside, this is critically important in terms of global leadership. The failure of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation ( CORSIA ), introduced by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), means individual countries showing leadership is the only way to transition away from the high-carbon global aviation regime.

Read more: Pacific tourism is desperate for a vaccine and travel freedoms, but the industry must learn from this crisis

Prioritising low-carbon tourism

The proposed departure tax raises important questions about how ring-fenced funds are best deployed. The commissioner recommends such revenues go to supporting the development of low-emissions aviation technologies and providing climate finance for Pacific Island nations.

But low-emissions aviation research and development is a long-term, multi-billion-dollar challenge. It requires a global commitment and response via the ICAO and aviation manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus. The commissioner concedes this is only likely to yield benefits over time.

If we are to ring-fence taxes on New Zealand tourists, then, why not give priority to the immediate enhancement of a low-carbon New Zealand tourism sector?

The Climate Change Commission recognises that investing in low-carbon local and domestic transportation involves some relatively low-hanging fruit: electrification of New Zealand’s vehicle fleet, development of recharging networks, light rail, safe active transport including cycle trails and cycle networks, and other low-carbon transport investments.

So, investment in gondola access to ski fields, for example, could offer immediate opportunities to shift away from the queues of private vehicles we saw streaming up ski field access roads last winter.

These low-carbon transitions will future-proof our tourism industry and allow us to enjoy immediate advantages over our international competitors when international travel is restored.

NZ’s early advantage

Countries that adopt air transport carbon charges will seize the advantages available to early adopters. As others recognise the growing urgency of joining the successful club, rather than staying in a collective race to the bottom, change accelerates.

Replacing marginal price advantages under the old regime with highly marketable low-carbon advantages under the new one will only build New Zealand’s standing as a global leader in sustainable tourism.

Implementing a departure tax also opens up the possibility of multilateral agreements with other vanguard countries that want to lead ambitious action on climate change.

The commissioner concedes his four policy proposals are not comprehensive. Other issues remain, such as reining in the high environmental costs of the cruise industry.

However, his report does outline ways to transition the industry and begin to build a sustainable, resilient and climate-safe tourism system fit for the 21st century. For that reason, it is important these policy proposals are acted on.

Read more: The end of global travel as we know it: an opportunity for sustainable tourism

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Investment in quality infrastructure and tourism assets helps creates positive economic, social and environmental benefits for New Zealanders, and our visitors.

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Investment by the Government in infrastructure and tourism assets:

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The Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery is a contestable fund for projects that will have meaningful impact across the tourism system.

• About the programme
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Since 1 July 2019, most international visitors to New Zealand are charged the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of $35. The IVL is invested in projects that will help to create productive, sustainable and inclusive tourism growth that supports and protects our environment and enriches New Zealanders’ lives.

• What is the IVL?
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The Tourism Infrastructure Fund provides up to $25 million annually to develop projects that support regions facing pressure from tourism growth.

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Funding for the 2019/20 summer will be available to local authorities to help manage responsible camping. It will be for operating costs, including education and enforcement projects, ambassador programmes, as well as temporary facilities like showers and toilets

The Regional Events Promotion Fund (REPF) provides $5 million over 2 years to support the promotion of regional events to the domestic market. The aim of the fund is to encourage regional dispersal and increase visitor spend in the regions with an additional focus on encouraging seasonal dispersal by promoting events outside of the peak summer season.

The Tourism Growth Partnership and Regional Mid-sized Tourism Facilities Grant Fund closed in 2017. Remaining funds were rolled into the Tourism Infrastructure Fund.

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• What Are The Major Natural Resources Of New Zealand?

New Zealand is a sovereign country found in southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, and it is made up of two main landmasses, the South Island, and the North Island, and more than 600 other smaller islands. The country lies about 1,200 miles to the eastern part of Australia and about 600 miles to the south of the Pacific islands such as Tonga , Fiji , and New Caledonia . As a result of its remote location, New Zealand is among the last lands to be settled by humans. New Zealand has one of the most advanced market economies in the world, and it was ranked 16 th highest regarding human development index in 2018, and the third position regarding the index of economic freedom. The country is also ranked as a high-income country having a nominal GDP per capita of $36,254. New Zealand has numerous natural resources distributed across the country, and they include minerals such as limestone, gold, coal, iron ore, arable land, natural gas, forests, and hydropower among others.

Major Natural Resources

Mining in New Zealand has a long history which dates back the period before the European colonization of the country when the Maori people mined argillite. After the colonization, mining began in New Zealand in the latter period of the 19th century and the minerals produced since that time include limestone, gold, iron ore, silver, and coal. Mining industry contributes significantly to the economy of New Zealand, and in 2004 the value of production derived from mining with the exception of gas was valued that $1,142 million, which was approximately 1% on the country's GDP. In 2017, mining in New Zealand contributed about 1.3% of the country's GDP valued at $3,079 million. As of 2009, the mining sector employed about 6,800 people, and 8,000 more people were indirectly supported by mining. In 2008, the median wage income for the mining employee was about $5,732, and this compares with the nation’s median wage of $33,530.The mining sector in the country employs 5,300 people, which was equivalent to 0.2% of the country’s labor force of 2,593,000.

New Zealand has huge coal reserves, and in 2014 the country produced 4 million tones of the mineral out of which 44% were destined for the export market. In 2016, the production dropped to 2.8 million tonnes. The country's coal reserves are estimated t to be more than 15 billion tonnes, and they are mainly found in Taranaki, Waikato, west coast Southland, and Otago regions. It is estimated that about 80% of the mineral reserves in the country are found in the Southland and they are mainly lignite, and they are estimated to be worth more than $1,000 billion. Coal in New Zealand is obtained from 4 different underground shafts and 21 open-cast mines. The largest mining company in New Zealand is the state-owned, Solid Energy. In 2011, the country exported 2.1 million tons of coal out of a total of 4.9 million tons produced in the country. The Solid Energy Company is responsible for more than 8% for the total production in the country out of which 93% is bituminous and sub-bituminous coal. According to the ministry of economic development, New Zealand recoverable reserves of coal is approximately 8.6 billion tons.

Gold prospectors in New Zealand discovered gold in 1852 around the Coromandel and sparked the famous 1860s west coast gold rush, Otago gold rush, and the Coromandel gold rush. At first, gold was recovered in alluvial deposits, but later mining in quartz veins using the stamper batteries became the preferred method of coal production. As from the 1890s, Otago Rivers were heavily dredged for the search of gold, and floating dredges were used. As of 2003, it is estimated that about 998.71 tonnes of gold had been produced in New Zealand, which is slightly below 1% of the gold mined globally. In 2006, gold valued at $250 million was recovered from two large hard rock mines, different medium-sized alluvial mining, and several small alluvial mines.

Arable Land

As of 2014, the size of arable land in New Zealand was about 24% of the total land area of the country. Agriculture in New Zealand plays an important role in the economy and between 2006 and 2007 agriculture accounted for two-thirds of all export goods. For the year ending in March 2002, agricultural exports from New Zealand were valued at $14.8 billion. The country is a member of the Cairns group of countries advocating for free trade in agricultural goods. The government of New Zealand used agricultural subsidies in the early 1970s, and by 1980s the government offered farmers with about 40% of their income. In 1984, the new government stopped all farm subsidies in the country and by 1990 agriculture was the most deregulated industry in the country. To remain competitive in the heavily subsidized markets in the US and the European Union, farmers in New Zealand had to increase their efficiency, particularly in their operations. Some of the popular crops cultivated in New Zealand include oats, wheat, barley, corn, peas, lentils, canola, and clovers among others. In 2002, New Zealand had wheat grown in about 42,000 hectares of land, while barley occupied about 78,000 hectares of land, and corn was grown in about 14, 200 hectares of land.

Environmental Problems in New Zealand

New Zealand is facing a serious environmental problem caused by mining operations. Modification of landscapes and acid drainage are some of the serious environmental problems. Acid mine drainage from coal mining has affected several rivers and streams particularly in the Buller district in the west coast region of the south island. Regulations and enforcement of environmental laws have been weak. The Tui mine which is located within the Kaimai Range was closed down in 1973, and it is among the sites with the worst toxic waste in the country. The government has set aside about $10 million to go into cleaning up the site. In 2011, high levels of arsenic in the soil were discovered around the suburbs of Moanataiari, although the area had been reclaimed using mine tailings. In a period of hundred years, mountains such as Mount Smart in Auckland was mined and reduced the level of the surrounding land, and similarly, other volcanic mountains in Auckland have suffered the same fate.

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