Rotorua Tourism Committee seeking new member
Rotorua District Council (RDC) is looking to appoint a new member to the Rotorua Tourism Committee (RTC) to help drive the city’s future tourism growth. The council is inviting applicants with a...
View ArticleStewart Brown appointed to head Rotorua Museum
Rotorua District Council (RDC) has announced the appointment of Rotorua businessman Stewart Brown to the position of Rotorua Museum director. RDC Economic & Regulatory Services group manager Mark...
View ArticleRotorua unaffected by the minor eruption of Mt Tongariro
Rotorua was unaffected by the minor eruption of Mt Tongariro last night at 11.50pm and it is business as usual in the region. Ash fell locally around the mountain, a 2 hour drive (150km) from Rotorua,...
View ArticleNew appointments complete balance for Rotorua Tourism Committee
Rotorua District Council has appointed two new members to the Rotorua Tourism Committee, the group tasked with driving implementation of the district’s tourism master plan alongside Destination Rotorua...
View ArticleWorld's largest man-made floating wetland completed
Rotorua’s football field-sized floating wetland is now complete and will remain temporarily moored in a sheltered Bay at Sulphur Point for the next few months to allow plants to grow and root systems...
View ArticleThrills on Father's Day in the adventure capital of New Zealand
Spending quality time with dad is always fun and inspiring, so one of the best things you can do for Father’s Day is to experience something together and in Rotorua there is a lot of inspiration....
View ArticleBike Festival headlined by Mountain Bike National Champs
The first Rotorua Bike Festival in February 2013 will kick into high gear another big year in one of New Zealand’s premier adventure sports destinations. The Festival will run from Friday February 8 to...
View ArticleSee a different side of nature this Spring
You’ll feel invigorated venturing into the outdoors after a winter of frosty mornings by exploring Rotorua where nature comes with surprises like lakes, geothermal activity, waterfalls, towering trees,...
View ArticleAir New Zealand cuts Christchurch - Rotorua fares
To stimulate tourism Air New Zealand has today cut airfares on many regional routes, including Christchurch - Rotorua which has seen a reduction in seat-only fares by up to 18 percent. The decision...
View ArticleAustralians encouraged to experience North Island's hidden gems
Some of the North Island’s best ‘hidden gems’ are being promoted to Australians in a joint venture campaign between Tourism New Zealand and the Central and Upper North Island Regional Tourism...
View ArticleFamously Rotorua Campaign Launches to Lure Aucklanders Past the Bombays
Rotorua has this week launched a significant domestic marketing campaign focused on enticing Aucklanders to venture south of the Bombays and enjoy the region’s world-famous attractions. Famously...
View ArticleRotorua agreement with China Southern Airlines offers huge potential
Rotorua District Council (RDC) has been invited to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China’s largest carrier, China Southern Airlines, in Guangzhou later this month. The agreement is seen...
View ArticleRotorua to host 2015 brass bands championships
Rotorua has won the rights to host the National Brass Band Championships in 2015, heading off strong competition from Auckland’s North Shore. The competition takes place in the first week of the July...
View ArticleRotorua opens NZCycleTrail
A 37 kilometre section of Nga Haerenga, New Zealand Cycle Trail was officially opened at Te Puia in Rotorua this morning, in an event attended by the Associate Minister for Tourism Hon Chris Tremain,...
View ArticleRotorua accommodation scoops up Trip Advisor awards.
Rotorua has been successful in the 2013 Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Top 25 Awards, with eight accommodation providers winning 12 awards. Destination Rotorua Marketing general manager Oscar Nathan...
View ArticleGeothermal Wonderland
Winter’s chillier temperatures are beginning to settle in and for visitors to Rotorua’s geothermal wonderland this is good news: atmospheric changes during the cooler months bring the city’s world...
View ArticleMajor Events Lead To Record Month For Rotorua's Accommodation Sector
Rotorua’s plethora of successful large events over summer have resulted in its highest ever volume of domestic visitor nights in commercial accommodation for a February month. Visitor nights rose 19.2...
View ArticleTop school holiday spot
As the school holidays came to an end and suitcases were emptied, online travel website Wotif.co.nz released the recent school holidays’ top five holiday spots in the North and South Island. In the...
View ArticleChinese visitors from Rotorua-Nanjing Town welcomed to Rotorua
Forty eight residents of China’s Rotorua-Nanjing township were welcomed to Rotorua yesterday [Wednesday 15 May] with an official powhiri at the Rotorua District Council (RDC) Civic Centre. The welcome...
View ArticleChinese visitors from Rotorua-Nanjing Town welcomed to Rotorua
Forty eight residents of China’s Rotorua-Nanjing township were welcomed to Rotorua yesterday [Wednesday 15 May] with an official powhiri at the Rotorua District Council (RDC) Civic Centre. The welcome...
View ArticleRotorua i-SITE among country's top performing visitor information centres
Rotorua Visitor Centre & i-SITE has achieved a near perfect result in the latest Qualmark ‘mystery shopper’ assessment. The report from New Zealand’s independent quality accreditation programme,...
View ArticleRotorua named among Red Bull's eight 'Best Bike Trails on Earth'
Rotorua’s world-renowned mountain bike trails have won global praise from Red Bull as one of the eight top mountain biking destinations on earth – the only place awarded such recognition in the...
View ArticleRotorua impresses at MEETINGS
Rotorua’s appeal as a conference and incentive destination continues to grow if impressions of buyers following MEETINGS are anything to judge by. This year Rotorua won the Best Regional Stand award at...
View ArticleFamous Chinese artist to paint Rotorua
Renowned Chinese artist Zhao Qingguo will visit Rotorua next week as part of a cultural exchange, alongside China Southern Airline general manager Mike Ma. He will be greeted with a powhiri at...
View ArticleChinese artist honours Rotorua with gift
Famous Chinese artist Zhao Qingguo has presented Rotorua with a prestigious gift, a sign of the strong relationship between Rotorua and China. On a visit to Rotorua, Zhao was greeted by council...
View ArticleRotorua event popularity boosts accommodation business in May
The growing popularity of events such as the Rotorua Marathon has resulted in strong growth in visitor nights for the district during the month of May, up 20.2 per cent on the same time last year....
View ArticleBMX stars to visit Rotorua
Olympic silver medallist and New Zealand BMX racer Sarah Walker will be bringing some of the world’s best BMX talent to Rotorua for a whirlwind trip. Following the UCI BMX World Championships in...
View ArticleBMX Olympians 'relax' in Rotorua
Olympic medallist Sarah Walker visited Rotorua yesterday with a handful of fellow Olympians on a tiki tour of New Zealand, following the BMX World Championships in Auckland. With Walker were Olympic...
View ArticlePhoenix v New Zealand A Game To Take Place In Rotorua
Rotorua fans will get to see New Zealand’s top professional footballers in action when a Wellington Phoenix selection takes on a New Zealand-based All Whites side for the first time on September 22....
View ArticleWinner of 'Finding the Face' TV auditions revealed
The wait is over – ‘the face’ of Rotorua can now be revealed. John Paul College student Te Rina West (14) will be the face of a Famously Rotorua television commercial promoting the destination and...
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