Pania's Pānui

Tāwhirimātea has certainly made himself know throughout Aotearoa this week. With canceled flights, closed roads, and communities being asked to evacuate their homes, please stay safe and if there's anything we can help with, we are just a phone call or email away.

Nga mihi, na,

Pania and the team at NZ Māori Tourism

PS - Is your Māori tourism experience listed on our website? If not, reply to this email and we'll get your business listed straight away.

Te Nama o te wiki (Number of the week)

Kei te mōhio rānei koe? (Did you know?)

To ensure that your Māori tourism business makes the most of the 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism, there are a range of tools and training available at the China Toolkit. There is information on China's language and etiquette, plus further training and ideas to add value to your business.

The 2018 WINTA Summit will be held in association with NZ Māori Tourism. The Summit will be held in Paihia, Northland, from 15 - 18 April 2018. Save the dates in your calendar now! More details will be released soon.

Below are a selection of recent Instagram posts from around Aoteaora New Zealand using the hashtag #kiaora - we encourage manuhiri (visitors) to use #kiaora to showcase their experience with Māori tourism.

ServiceIQ Business Briefing Series - Managing for Business Success

ServiceIQ are delighted to invite you to this exclusive invitation-only session that builds on the themes of previous years' successful ServiceIQ Business Breakfast Series.

ServiceIQ CEO Dean Minchington and keynote speaker Dave Currie (former Olympic Games Chef de Mission) give you invaluable advice and insights on building capability and creating the next generation of New Zealand’s great managers for business success.

First global smartphone with Māori language operating systems unveiled

The world's first smartphone with a te reo Māori language operating system has been unveiled. The Huawei latest P Series smartphone offers te reo Māori as a standardised language option.

The Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus are the new trail blazing global reo Māori smartphones. They are Huawei's latest flagship smartphone that offers 32,000 te reo Māori phrases and words.

Business Calendar

Use this tool to quickly find opportunities, training, compliance dates and related tasks from across government. You can search by region, date, and category.

Ngati Awa buys White Island Tours

Ngati Awa Group Holdings, the commercial arm of Te Runanga o Ngati Awa, has announced it is buying iconic Whakatane tour operator White Island Tours.

White Island Tours has been operating out of Whakatane for more than 25 years showcasing New Zealand's only active marine volcano, Whakaari-White Island.

White Island Tours holds an exclusive licence for marine-based tourism on White Island.
The license to land a boat on White Island will transfer as part of the sale.

Creative New Zealand Funding and development opportunities

Arts Pasifika Awards - Nominations close 26 May
McCahon House artist residency - Applications close 16 June
Quick Response Grants - Applications close 30 June
Tohunga Tukunga Mentoring Programme - Application close 30 June
Toi tipu Toi rea – emerging Māori artist grant - Applications close 30 June

The latest edition of Māori Tourism Quarterly can be read here.

Nga Pānui (Notices) from members of NZ Māori Tourism

If you have an announcement you'd like here, please email amy@maoritourism.co.nz for it to be included in the next edition of Newsline. It can be anything from a job position, exhibition opening, videos or photos featuring your business, new Māori tourism products, etc.

Inside Tourism
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