Hotels and hospitality businesses in Queenstown-Lakes are struggling to entice staff.
Life pass holders are willing to give $7.34 million now and $0.65m a year for the next two to three years.
The famous movie set and home to hobbits will be available to book – for a limited time only.
A US tech entrepreneur's persistence got Lake Wakatipu's first large vessel marina off the drawing board and into the water.