The tourism minister won't put a number on it, but says we'll 'take as many people as we can get'.
The Qantas plan to fly direct to New York from Auckland starting next June is good news for everyone apart from Air New Zealand.
Chief executive Grant Webster called on the government to invest more in Tourism NZ and to not get in the way of the industry's recovery.
Accor has a grand design for this country, but first, it's keen to see an immediate end to covid travel 'uncertainty' – and to urgently find hundreds more staff.