Protect Wanaka 
OPINION: Hopscotching my way through the wide and lonely wilderness of the mighty Maniototo last week, I was swooning over this landscape of awe and saga. The summer crowd crush synonymous with Queenstown,...
Tourism leaders say they’re putting in the hard yards to ensure a sustainable future for the industry – but there’s plenty of work to go. The government unveiled its tourism strategy...
Visitor numbers have grown to 3.9 million annually. In five years, they’re expected to pass the five million mark, and urgent action is needed to avoid the fate of overseas hot...
Editorial: ‘‘Pristine, popular, imperilled?” is the question posed in the title of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton’s report investigating the effect of tourism on the environment. While Mr Upton...
As you bring in the new year (and the new decade) this evening we’ve got a very important request … It’s the 31st of December, and traditionally this is a great...
New research suggests the number of tourists visiting Queenstown needs to be managed in order to prevent the negative impacts of overtourism. The region is said to have reached its capacity...
A line should be drawn under what is an acceptable number of tourists visiting Queenstown in order to manage overtourism, researchers say. That limit should be determined by the host community,...
The Wānaka airport issue once again rears its head, this time in a governmental report investigating environmental degradation caused by tourism. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, recently released...
An Otago entrepreneur has thrown his support behind the group opposed to the potential expansion of Wanaka Airport, so people are aware of what it is “they are arguing about”. Ian...
Here’s the link to the full, 184 page report on the environmental consequences of projected tourism growth, authored by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton. Click the image below...