Partners

Great South was established as the Southland Regional Development Agency in March 2019. Committed to driving economic, social and cultural growth, Great South has a clear mandate to leverage opportunities for Southland in the areas of economic and business development, tourism and events.

This involves managing Southland’s regional tourism organisations and central government’s Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network, as well as delivering a range of events, regional initiatives, and government-funded contracts that pave the way for regional development.

Interislander has been proudly connecting Aotearoa’s North and South Islands, cruising between Wellington and Picton through the stunning Marlborough Sounds for over 60 years.

It has been described as one of the most beautiful ferry journeys in the world and a ‘must do’ experience for everyone exploring New Zealand.

Carrying over 800,000 passengers every year, 250,000 passenger vehicles, and $14 billion of freight, Interislander is an essential part of New Zealand’s tourism landscape and supply network.

Interislander offers a range of convenient sailing times from Wellington and Picton, 365 days a year, along with a host of on-board services including a premium lounge, cafes, cinema and entertainment for kids.

Experience a picture-perfect journey through the heart of New Zealand.

From sleeping volcanoes to cascading waterfalls, sparkling cities to quaint rural farmsteads, golden beaches to snow-capped mountains. We’ll bring the best of New Zealand’s famous scenery to your window while you sit back and relax.

Choose a world-class rail journey or a full Aotearoa experience. Build your dream itinerary, or choose from our carefully crafted selection of packages and tours.

Whatever you want, we’ll take you there.

New Zealand Māori Tourism is committed to working with the Māori tourism sector to contribute to our economy, provide compelling visitor experiences, and build strong commercial and cultural leadership.

We support leaders and partnerships that generate value in the Māori and wider tourism sector. This creates opportunity and ensures the growth and quality of Māori tourism experiences.

Positioning Māori tourism in this way allows Māori to take a leadership role in how visitors experience our country.

Māori leading Aotearoa New Zealand visitor experiences – Mā te pūkenga Māori te wheako Māori i Aotearoa nei, e ārahi.

Christchurch International Airport (CHC) is the gateway to the South Island of New Zealand.

With more than 90,000 annual flights a year, the airport’s international airline partners give passengers access to and from the biggest global hubs, including Dubai, Guangzhou, San Francisco and Singapore. Daily services with Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, as well as Pacific islands, and domestically across New Zealand, offer adventure galore.

Christchurch’s integrated terminal under one roof makes everything very easy for visitors, with a warm Kiwi welcome awaiting your arrival.

Tourism New Zealand is the crown entity responsible for attracting high value visitors to New Zealand and providing advice to government and tourism industry. Tourism New Zealand achieves this by targeting visitors from 15 key markets who stay longer, visit outside of peak, spend more and visit more regions – spreading the benefits of tourism across the country and across the year.

Invercargill is situated on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand and is located close to the internationally famous tourist attractions of Queenstown, Fiordland, Stewart Island and The Catlins.

The airport is less than 3 km from Invercargill’s city centre and 28km from South Port in Bluff. Our 2,210 m runway (3rd longest commercial runway in NZ) means we provide air transport connections to all main airports including scheduled direct flights to Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington (operated by Air New Zealand), Stewart Island (operated by Stewart Island Flights) and regular national and international charter flights.

Air New Zealand has a proud history as New Zealand’s national carrier, connecting New Zealanders to each other and New Zealand to the world.

Air New Zealand operates direct flights to New Zealand from seven cities in North America and seven cities in Asia and Japan.

From Australia, Air New Zealand operates direct flights to New Zealand from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Cairns, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Hobart.

Air New Zealand’s network offers connections to twenty main centres and regions across New Zealand and to the Pacific Islands.

A member of the Star Alliance network, Air New Zealand’s award-winning service and extensive route network makes Air New Zealand the idea choice for travel to New Zealand