NewsLine, 28 July 2017

Pania's Pānui

Congratulations to all the finalists in the New Zealand Tourism Awards announced this week. TIME Unlimited and Kāpiti Island Nature Tours are both finalists for the Hei kai kei aku ringa Māori Tourism Award, and Waitangi Treaty Grounds for the ServiceIQ Visitor Experience Award. TIME Unlimited is also a finalist in the MBIE Industry Alignment Award.

Last night we also celebrated Mavis Mullins’ induction into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. Mavis joins other significant Māori business luminaries in the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame including Te Puea Herangi, Sir Āpirana Ngata, Sir Ralph Norris, and Sir Chris Mace. Mavis also becomes one of 11 women out of a total of 155 Inductees.

Ngā 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.

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

At the Cathy Pacific Travel Media Awards last week, Peter Drury captured the best travel image, published in the NZ Listener, Children from Turangawaewae take part in Waka ama.

Shandelle Battersby wrote the best travel story about a Māori Experience which was published in NZ Herald. The story was titled “Valley Girl”. Shandelle writes about her experience on the Hollyford track.

Te nama o te wiki (Number of the week)

Tourism expenditure grew in all regions over the year to June 2017.

The regions with the fastest growing tourism spend were West Coast, which increased 15 per cent over the year to June 2017 to $540 million, followed by Tasman (up 12 per cent to $310 million) and Northland (up 10 per cent to $1.1 billion).

MBIE has recently released a user guide providing information on how the estimates are calculated and how they should be interpreted.

The 2018 World Indigenous Tourism 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.

TIA State of the Tourism Industry Survey

What is the current state of the tourism industry in Aotearoa New Zealand? TIA would like to hear your thoughts on the last 12 months and what the key issues are for our industry.

This year TIA is partnering with WelTec to deliver a new approach to tell the story of tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The survey should take 10-15 minutes, depending on how much comment you wish to provide.

Commercial Advisors Scheme

The scheme funds Māori collectives up to $60,000 to work with a Commercial Advisor for up to 18 months. The advisors offer professional business advice and mentoring as they work with collectives on business development projects aimed at realising the potential commercial value of the collective’s assets.

The scheme is open to collectives at a range of stages of commercial development, from initial options analyses and feasibility studies, through to business case development, strategic planning, or market analysis and expansion. It also supports collectives with assets from a wide range of primary and other sectors.

The Commercial Advisors Scheme is open to Māori collectives, including trusts, incorporations, post-settlement governance entities and similar organisations. Coalitions of collectives may also apply. Applications close 11 September.

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

Tourism Infrastructure Fund information sessions

MBIE are hosting a range of information sessions around the country on the newly formed Tourism Infrastructure Fund. This will be an opportunity to find out more about the Fund, the criteria, what sorts of projects might qualify and how to apply for funding. Click here to find when they will be held in your town.

Māori performing arts in demand on global stages

Māori Performing Arts is in demand and taking the world by storm, but how is it helping the tourism industry here in New Zealand? According to New Zealand Māori Tourism, it's leading the way.

Chairperson Dale Stephens says “Tourism has moved on from taking a photo of a big high-rise tower and going to a concert. It’s actually about experiences now, and cultural experience is a big part of tourism and Māori make that happen for us here in New Zealand.”

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Global Insights Conference

The PATA Conference is coming back to Auckland, playing host to leading tourism experts and international thought leaders from around the world on Friday, 29 September 2017 at Skycity.

This year’s theme is ‘R U Future Ready?’ and will include senior speakers from Trip Advisor, Boeing, Microsoft, Vivid Sydney, BBC, and PATA to name a few. Details and speakers here

Interactive panel discussions will again be moderated by a leading BBC World News Business anchor with the 2017 programme including, for the first time, a final session featuring ‘Tomorrow’s Tourism Leaders’, supported by AUT and senior tourism students.

This event will have broad appeal particularly for those involved with the tourism industry, planning and destination development.

NZ Tourism Awards

Celebrate the success of our industry's outstanding individual and business performers at the New Zealand Tourism Awards Dinner.

Tickets are now on sale for this prestigious black tie event!
Date: Thursday, 7 September 2017, 6pm
Location: Air Force Museum, Christchurch

The evening will be attended by more than 350 tourism industry leaders, partners and influencers. It will be a night to remember!

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

Nga Pānui (Notices)

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.

AVID Creative Business Agency (AVID)
As reported recently, the 2017 Commercial Advisors Scheme application round is now underway. AVID Creative Business Agency (AVID), is one of the Approved Commercial Advisors for the 2017 Te Punaha Hiringa: Maori Innovation Fund Commercial Advisors Scheme. AVID is a management consulting practice specialising in working with, and developing indigenous tourism operations. We are passionate about the tourism industry bringing strategic depth, practical knowledge, marketing experience and skill gained by working in and managing a number of successful tourism attractions. As a reminder, the scheme funds Maori collectives up to $60,000 to work with a Commercial Advisor for up to 18 months.