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Results from the latest businesses survey have been revealed.

Secret Spot opened just months before borders slammed shut, but its founders say the timing worked in their favour.

5 hours ago This sport is quite simple: You climb into a big inflated ball and just let yourself roll down a hill. Sometimes the person is harnessed into the ball, but it is not required. The history of zorbing dates back to when hamster balls were invented in the 1970s. The balls were traditionally made for small rodent pets. Although the first instance of Zorbing was recorded in the 1980s when the Dangerous Sports Club constructed a hollow sphere of 23 meters with a space for placing two chai...

Christel Yardley/Stuff Rotorua Deputy Mayor Dave Donaldson said forest ‘counters’ recorded a 50 per cent spike in visitors once New Zealand came out of Covid lockdown. In 2019, the International Mountain Biking Association named the trail network at Whakarewarewa as among the six best in the world, awarding a gold level accreditation as “the best of the best”. More importantly in the closed borders, Covid-19 climate of today, it’s proved a boon to a tourist town that now finds itsel...

Rotorua tourism providers brace for great unknown as holiday season wraps 11 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Secret Spot co-owner Keith Kolver for story about how busy some tourism places such as his have been over summer so far, despite borders being closed. Secret Spot co-owner Keith Kolver for story about how busy some tourism places such as his have been over summer so far, despite borders being closed. Some Rotorua tourism providers have been so busy with a solely domestic market th...