Press Release – Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd Ara Institute of Canterbury has just signed up to the Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) Tourism Sustainability Commitment, a publicly-declared commitment towards the active embrace of sustainable operations in New Zealand. The Commitment is a … Ara Institute of Canterbury has just signed up to the Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) ‘Tourism Sustainability Commitment’, a publicly-declared commitment towards the active embrace of sustainable operations in New Zealand. The Commitment is a natural fit with Ara’s role as one of the South Island’s leading providers of tourism-industry and hospitality management programmes. Just as New Zealand emphasises its ‘clean green’ credentials to overseas markets, Ara graduates are encouraged to enter their professional life with a sound grasp of the concepts and practices that contribute to sustainability in its broadest sense.