First Glimpse Offered Inside Kaikoura’s Newest Hotel

July 2020 News Key dignitaries will be given their first look inside Kaikoura’s most luxurious hotel this week which is nearing completion and promises to reignite the local tourism sector and economy. Kaikoura’s mayor, Craig Mackle, along with leading Read more

COVID-19 response in Kaikōura

March 2020 Uncategorized COVID-19 response in Kaikōura The team at Kaikōura Health Te Hā O Te Ora formed a working group in the last month to identify and ensure that local processes meet the recommendations of the Ministry of Health and the Canterbury DHB and we are Read more

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE October 2019

December 2019 Uncategorized     Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE October 2019 Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end October 2019 Comparing Kaikōura Annual Visitor Spend YE October 2019 to pre-quake YE October 2016. Kaikōura Annual Read more

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE August 2019

October 2019 Uncategorized Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE August 2019 Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end August 2019. Comparing Kaikōura Annual visitor spend YE August 2019 to pre-quake YE August 2016. Kaikōura Annual Total Visitor Read more

Kaikōura Cruise Ship Season 2019-2020

July 2019 Uncategorized Kaikōura’s cruise ship season begins early this year starting off with the largest ship ‘The Maasdam’ docking the South Bay Marina on 3rd October 2019. Not only will the cruise season start early, there will also be more ships visiting us Read more

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019

July 2019 Uncategorized Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019 Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end April 2019 Kaikōura annual visitor spend YE April 2019 was $118m, which is an increase of 0.3% in April 2019 compared to pre-quake April Read more

Whale Trail funding announced

July 2019 Uncategorized A new cycle and walking trail stretching 200 kilometres from Picton to Kaikōura has a new name and government funding. The Whale Trail has been in the planning stage since the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Its name is a nod to the enormous success Read more

Sudima Kaikōura opening early 2021

July 2019 Uncategorized Earlier this year the Kaikoura Sudima started ground works. The Sudima construction project has made great progress, yet the opening of the hotel on the esplanade had to be pushed back to early 2021 instead of October 2020. The 4.5 start hotel in Read more

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019

March 2019 Uncategorized Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019 Year-end January 2019 figures ($113m) compared to YE January 2016 ($113m) shows Kaikōura has met pre-earthquake total annual visitor spend. In fact, it has exceeded visitor spend by 4%. Read more

2018-19 Cruise Ship Schedule Kaikoura

January 2019 Uncategorized Maasdam Kaikoura Sat 15 Dec 2018 8:00 Sat 15 Dec 2018 17:00 Seabourn Encore Kaikoura Tue 1 Jan 2019 8:00 Tue 1 Jan 2019 17:00 Seabourn Encore Kaikoura Thu 17 Jan 2019 8:00 Thu 17 Jan 2019 17:00 Caledonian Read more