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Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith today announced a grant of $112,500 to the Museum of Wellington, City and Sea. The grant will be directed towards one of the Museum's signature displays, known as the 'Creation Legend' feature, which opens to the public on Saturday.

"The Creation Legend feature uses modern day technology to tell two Maori legends, one of the creation of Wellington Harbour by the taniwha Whataitai and Ngake, and the other of how Maui found fire," said Dr Smith.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith today announced a grant of $50,000 to the Greymouth Heritage Trust towards the development of Coal River Park.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith today announced a grant of $46,000 to the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (MACI) to provide permanent night lighting for the Pohutu Geyser at the Whakare

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed New Zealand Tourism Board statistics that show the tourism industry brought $3.7 billion dollars into the economy this past year - up 19% from last year

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

"New Zealand's strong growth in international visitor arrivals is continuing with visitor numbers reaching a new all time high for the third straight month" Tourism Minister, Hon Lockwood Smith, sa

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed the latest Tourism Industry Outlook, which shows strong growth in the tourism industry in the past year.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Labour's tourism policy is a prescription for more uncertainty and government control of the tourism industry, according to Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Industry Association research shows that Labour's policy of nationalising the provision of workplace accident insurance services would harm the tourism industry, according to Tourism Minist

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's Statistics New Zealand data which shows that international visitor arrivals to New Zealand have increased sharply.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's Statistics New Zealand data, which shows the highest number of international arrivals in New Zealand's history.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has announced new appointments to the Board of the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has announced new appointments to the New Zealand Tourism Board.

The new appointments are :

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith presented a cheque for $100,000 to the Regional Conservator for the Department of Conservation in Taupo last night.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has released details of the Tourism Board's expenditure related to the Board's recent review of its structure, effectiveness and strategic direction.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith today welcomed the launch of a new methodology for measuring the tourism industry's contribution to New Zealand's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Twelve months ago New Zealand washed up in the chair of the United Nation's environmental 'watch-dog', the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).

  • Simon Upton
  • Tourism

The Acting Minister of Tourism has had an initial briefing from the Chair of the Tourism Board and is pleased with the level of optimism about future plans to promote New Zealand on the world stage

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Newly appointed Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith says he is honoured to have the opportunity to represent New Zealand in one of its most important industries.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Murray McCully says he has today asked the Tourism Board Chairman to forward to the Audit Office details of the process by which Saatchi and Saatchi were appointed by the Board in

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Murray McCully says people should look at "some very real positive benefits" which have resulted from the Wellington Commonwealth Games bid which was withdrawn today.

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Murray McCully has announced the appointment of Commerce Commission Chair Peter Allport as Chairman of the New Zealand Tourism Board.

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

Announcements made today by the Towards 2000 Taskforce "set the scene for a high-impact, high-value Millennium programme," according to the Chair of the New Zealand 2000 Team of Ministers, Murray M

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

The suggestion today by Damien O'Connor that I have set up a 'slush fund' to assist election year projects is complete rubbish for one very simple reason", Tourism Minister Murray McCully said toda

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Murray McCully has tonight launched the first in a series of Millennium major events, welcoming 32 international golf pairs and dozens of journalists to the World Cup of Golf at an

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism