Local Focus: Kia ora to our Aussie cousins 12 Apr, 2021 07:50 PM 2 minutes to read And 'thank you' to Kiwis for the support. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video Journalist, Rotorua, NZH Local Focus delilah@localfocus.nz Pre-Covid, Australia was New Zealand's largest international tourism market and in 2019, Aussies spent $2.6 billion in New Zealand. So it's not surprising that Rotorua tourism operators are looking forward to once again hosting tourists from Australia after a long 12 months. "For us with Easter and the school holidays falling within the same six-week period, this would be the busiest six weeks of business until next Christmas, without the transtasman bubble," Paul Button from Rotorua Canopy Tours said.