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Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:15 pm “Not unexpected but still disappointing.” Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time in Methven say they received their first cancellation from booked Australian guests, 19 minutes after the Prime Minister announced the travel bubble would be closed from 1159pm tonight. Ski Time provides accommodation, one of the region’s leading restaurants and boutique conference facilities a little more than an hour out of Christchurch. Susanne says they expect many more cancellations to come. “We were pretty full over the next month because of school holidays across the...

On Friday afternoon Air New Zealand put on five additional flights from New South Wales to Auckland between July 28 and August 7. They were sold out within a matter of minutes. Foran said flights from Victoria also sold out shortly after the announcement, but he reassured customers that airline staff would be working hard to get New Zealanders home before the seven-day window closed by adding more flights and flying its bigger 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, as well as its A320 aircraft, which have been doing most of its trans-Tasman flying. SUPPLIED Air New Zealand was holding staff meetings sh...

Some eager punters even camped on the mountain overnight to ensure they didn't have to queue before getting in their first run.

Seriously, if the lifts are running and there's snow on the ground, then the best snow resort is always the one you're at. But why be so serious when you can have another great trans-Tasman debate - namely who has the better snow experience, the Aussies or the Kiwis? Unexpected lockdowns and border closures notwithstanding, we've tracked down skiers and snowboarders with more talent than we'll ever know to give the inside word on their area. And in so doing, to cast their vote on who has the best white stuff on either side of the Tasman. See Also What comes out best - the country with the liv...

“Most that do come to Taupō go straight to the snow fields and that's it. They do not come into town or shop or stay in a hotel motel or lodge, they come to ski then go home.” Tourism New Zealand estimates about 800,000 Australians will visit New Zealand in the first six months of the border opening and will spend $1 billion in 2021. CHRIS MARSHALL/Stuff A lodge owner in Taupō says in the five years he’s owned the business he’s had five bookings from Australian visitors. Strong said domestic tourism had helped a little over the past year, but New Zealanders were not big spenders ...