Tourism and Recreation

Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised the new requirements for people passing through New Zealand airports to get a transit visa.

A 'dead last' ranking in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Report released today highlights the Government's shameful lack of attention to our threatened species' recovery.

State of the Environment Report 2007

The Greens are calling for urgent action over the plight of the Doubtful Sound bottlenose dolphin."The entire Doubtful Sound dolphin population is only 56 animals and they are unique to Fiordland. Sadly, they are at risk from tourist boats,&quot

The proposed takeover of Auckland International Airport by Dubai Aerospace raises real concerns with regard to foreign ownership of strategic assets and the potential for monopoly pricing, says the Green Party

Closer monitoring is needed of "gradual foreign control" of New Zealand's core tourism sites, says Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman.

Trevor Mallard's Eden Park stadium plan has received a tentative Mexican wave from the Green Party.

Tourism New Zealand's Annual Report shows that while the Government speechwriters may have discovered the environment, Tourism New Zealand has yet to wake up to the environmental challenges to their industry, the Green Party says.