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The industry met with Tourism Minister Stuart Nash yesterday, but said it would also need the support of other government departments to bring back the ships banned from visiting New Zealand ports early in the pandemic response.
Cruise Association chief executive Kevin O Sullivan said Nash was most sympathetic and offered some direct support through his Cabinet colleagues . So we can start to discuss some of the issues directly with other government agencies in order to plan for the future and return of cruise.
He said the planning would take some time and the industry was not expecting to see another cruise season before 2022-2023.
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NZSki operates The Remarkables, Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt ski fields. When quarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand was paused last week it received a high level of cancellations.
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NZSki operates The Remarkables, Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt ski areas. It’s ben dealing with a surge of cancellations due to Australia’s Covid-19 outbreak. “We are seeing the same thing this week. We are gutted, but we understand what needs to happen,” he said. Before the pause, bookings had been strong for the coming week, and it was almost booked out for snow sports lessons, he said.