Peter Hillary backs Nepalese community's push for official recognition of Everest Day
Everest Day celebrates the anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's first ascent of Mt Everest.
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$16.5m tourism fund to promote Matariki 'to the world'
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All thrills, no gills: Family adventure on Taupō's south shore
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Queenstown tourism chief Paul Abbot resigns
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1920s lodge named NZ's most romantic hotel
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400 pipers have been sent packing as the Bard's annual celebrations are called off.
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Chatham Islands booked out as tourist numbers surge
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