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Applications are now open for the Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery that will support unique and transformative ideas that will improve our tourism sector. 

“We want to see projects that are sustainable, low carbon and that can deliver on our goals for a high skilled and high wage sector. 

“Successful projects will need to make a real difference across Aotearoa-New Zealand visitor’s journey - from the moment someone starts dreaming of a trip to New Zealand, to arriving in our country and experiencing all we have to offer, to them returning home to tell others about their trip.

“COVID was a difficult time for the industry even with our support through the $400 million Tourism Recovery Package, and $200 million Tourism Communities Plan. I’m pleased that we are now at a stage where we are fully focused on a bright & innovative future for our tourism sector.

“We are already at 88% of International Electronic card transactions spend compared to 2019 and summer season has only just started,” said Stuart Nash.

The $54 million Innovation Programme aims to support projects that: 

• Reduce carbon emissions resulting from tourism or have a positive impact on the climate.
• Improve the environmental sustainability of tourism through enhancing our natural environment and biodiversity. 
• Improve the resilience of tourism to future changes, impacts and shocks. 
• Lift productivity or capability of the tourism sector through technology. 
• Promote and protect Taonga Māori throughout the New Zealand-Aotearoa visitor journey (where the project is led or delivered by iwi / hapū or Māori enterprises). 

The programme will be delivered across two funding streams. One stream will be focused on discovery which will co-fund up to $25,000 for innovative ideas that may require further feasibility work to develop the concept. 

The second stream will focus on development and will fund innovative projects that are ready to be delivered and have a full proposal and business case to support its delivery with co-funding between $100,000 and $10 million for successful projects. 

“We welcome innovative and impactful ideas that are going to contribute towards bettering business models, processes and experiences for tourism in Aotearoa – from climate resilience to technological improvements. We also encourage ideas from other sectors that could make a transformative impact on tourism,” said Stuart Nash.

The second phase of the Tourism Industry Transformation Plan which focuses on addressing the environmental challenges and opportunities for tourism has started with a draft action plan expected to be released mid-next year.

This phase of the encompasses three pillars:

• Climate change adaptation – understanding the impact that climate change will have on the tourism industry and taking action to ensure the industry can adapt to climate events.
• Climate change mitigation – transforming the New Zealand tourism industry into a low carbon emissions industry.
• Fostering positive ecological outcomes, such as biodiversity and ecosystem restoration.

“We want to ensure that the tourism industry has a positive impact on the environment which is critical to achieving a regenerative tourism model. 

“We expect that visitors are becoming increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of their travel. It’s vitally important we continue preserving our natural environment as one of our key attractions as a world-class destination,” said Stuart Nash.

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He Pae Tukutuku – our 2050 Vision Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through a flourishing tourism ecosystem

Tourism makes a vital contribution to our economy, encourages social connectivity internationally and domestically, and showcases our whenua, our cultural diversity and timeless experiences. Tourism fosters pride and is a catalyst for regional prosperity. 

Our vision is for a tourism industry that delivers strongly and positively for Aotearoa New Zealand, our people, our economy, and our environment. This is an exciting future where tourism takes on thechallenges ahead while always providing world class visitor experiences and wide benefits for New Zealanders, The central premise of this Tourism 2050 Blueprint is balanced growth where tourism is aflourishing and growing industry that contributes to people, place and culture.

Getting there will require deliberate action. In examining the strategic pathway to 2050, it is clear that in order to navigate the opportunities and challenges we face (including aviation growth, climatechange, carbon emissions, destination development, ensuring community support, market competition, and others), we must be better equipped for managing and operating the tourism system and for dealing with issues as they arise. This will involve having the levers, funding and evidence to enable effective policy making, resource allocation, infrastructure investment, planning, product development, capability-building, destination management, and so on. 

In developing this Blueprint, it has become increasingly apparent that the current settings for tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand are not adequate for ensuring the type of stewardship that we need, and it identified some key areas where important change is needed. This Blueprint sets out the tourism industry’s plan for driving its future and sets the Vision of the tourism industry to 2050 to: Enrich Aotearoa New Zealand through a flourishing tourism ecosystem. The Strategic Response to enable attainment of this Vision is:

• Reset System Design and Management. Actions about the design of the tourism system, how tourism is funded, the insights needed for decision making and embracing Te Whakarae Māori.
• Action on Carbon Emissions and Biodiversity. Actions about addressing carbon, lifting tourism contributions to predator free and biodiversity restoration, and how tourism works with our conservation lands and waters.
• Equip Tourism Businesses. Actions about increasing the capability of tourism businesses to be prosperous and operate sustainably, growing a sustainable tourism workforce and embedding Tiaki throughout the tourism industry. 

These Actions are designed to be a mix of the system level change and grass-roots actions that everyone in the industry can contribute to. Cumulatively, these Actions will allow us to achieve the desired Outcomes, and the Targets will keep us accountable. Most of these Actions work interchangeably with the others, meaning that multiple gains will be achieved through their advancement. For instance, Te Whakarae Māori is an all-embracing Action that has linkages across allareas and will shape engagement between the industry and iwi, hapū and whānau as we apply the stewardship that the Blueprint is seeking. 

To advance the Actions, support from industry, government and individual businesses is needed. The Government role will be particularly important in working with industry to enable the necessary system level changes. And, a feature of the Actions is that some of them can only be activated by individual businesses themselves, big or small. There is something in the Blueprint for everyone. We are in this together, and we all have a role to play.

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Future of regional tourism 'dire' if council funding cut.

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Cutting funding to regional tourism agencies could kill businesses, an industry insider says.

Both Hawke's Bay and Waikato councils are looking to stop or reduce funding to local tourism bodies as they face rising costs and skyrocketing rates .

Hawke's Bay Tourism currently receives $1.5 million per year from the council.

Chairperson George Hickton told Checkpoint the future of the organisation was "pretty dire" if its funding was cut.

"It really means that all of our activity would cease from the beginning of July."

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Hawke's Bay Tourism's website would shut down and all of its connections with local and national media would be severed, he said.

"We know that tourism in Hawke's Bay will start to deteriorate quite quickly.

"Without reminding people that we are an attractive destination, other regions will fill that slot."

Hickton, who is also the former head of Tourism NZ, said only 20 percent of the visitor spend went to the tourism industry, while 80 percent went to the wider community.

Places like grocery stores and cafes benefited handsomely from tourism, he said.

Without funding for the next three years - the period in the council was considering cutting its spend - total visitor expenditure in Hawke's Bay could be expected to decrease by about 20 percent, or $250 million a year, endangering businesses.

Hickton said the industry had been pushing for some time for a national solution to the funding of regional tourism.

"We already know that people like Airbnb are quite prepared to look at some kind of levy system on accommodation, but they'll only do it on a national basis."

Another solution was for the government to fund regional tourism directly, he said.

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Business and leisure travellers could find it tougher to connect by air to the rest of New Zealand and overseas destinations if Hawke’s Bay Regional Council goes ahead with a proposed cut to funding for Hawke’s Bay Tourism.

At Hawke’s Bay Airport we know just how much international and domestic visitors contribute to our regional economy, and what happens when people stop visiting, as we experienced during the Covid years.

While passenger numbers are improving again, they are still to return to pre-pandemic levels. Any actions that impact passenger numbers, would make that recovery even harder.

That’s why Hawke’s Bay Airport is deeply concerned at proposals to cut funding for visitor attractions in Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s three year plan 2024-2027, currently out for consultation.

Hawke’s Bay Tourism has been instrumental in building profile and getting people to visit and spend.

But our visitor economy is a fragile and interdependent economic ecosystem.

Without Hawke’s Bay Tourism’s expert efforts, it is inevitable that visitor numbers will dry up, with a ripple effect through our regional economy impacting businesses and jobs.

As an airport, the majority of our revenue comes from passenger volumes, and associated passenger landing charges. This means we rely heavily on demand for air services into and out of Hawke’s Bay, and in turn, we are highly dependent on the activities of Hawke’s Bay Tourism to attract domestic and international visitors, many of whom arrive by air.

Also of huge concern is the flow-on effect leading to reduced air connectivity between Hawke’s Bay and other regions.

If fewer international and domestic holidaymakers are visiting, there will be less passenger service capacity required, leading to fewer commercial passenger flights.

This means that connectivity between Hawke’s Bay and other regional destinations could become unviable for Air New Zealand.

Likewise, the potential to attract new airlines will dry up completely. Without demand, the supply will not materialise.

Quite simply, any reduction in demand that adversely impacts on the financial viability of a service can, and often does result in the removal of that service.

Vital connections between Hawke’s Bay and the rest of NZ could be lost.

This should be of significant concern to everyone across our regional economy, especially those sectors reliant on being able to connect easily with domestic and off-shore markets.

To date, tourism and the visitor economy has served Hawke’s Bay well, but it will cease to be a jewel in our regional economic crown if the funding tap for visitor attraction is turned off.

We strongly encourage anyone with an interest in seeing our Hawke’s Bay economy thrive to make a submission to the regional council strongly against their preferred option, and in favour of “Option B” funding for Hawke’s Bay Tourism.

Wendie Harvey is the chairwoman of Hawke’s Bay Airport.

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May 2—New River Community and Technical College received $3.5 million in grant funding to expand its hospitality and tourism program and support construction costs for its new aviation program.

The funds were awarded to the college during an event Thursday by Gov. Jim Justice at New River Community and Technical College's Beaver campus.

The funds are derived from two sources — $3 million from the Governor's Contingency Fund for New River CTC's aviation program and $500,000 through a U.S. EDA grant distributed by the state's tourism office for the college's hospitality and tourism program.

"It's a lot of money, that's for sure, but it is absolutely the multiplier effect of these dollars, it's gonna be unbelievable. Just wait and see," Justice said.

The $3 million will be used to purchase equipment and renovate the college's new hangar at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, which will support its new Aircraft Maintenance Technician School.

"This funding for aviation maintenance is life-changing in a way for this program," said New River CTC President Bonny Copenhaver. "It puts us over the top of the money that we were seeking, and it's very hard to find construction money ... We see aviation mechanics as a way of diversifying the economy of this part of south West Virginia."

Copenhaver said they're still waiting on Federal Aviation Administration certification before the program can begin. Copenhaver said they just made it off the FAA waitlist to start the certification process, which takes several months.

The $500,000 will expand New River's hospitality and tourism management program by creating three new fields of study — outdoor adventure and recreation, restaurant and tourism management and mobile food service/concession management.

Copenhaver said some of these programs will begin in the fall.

As part of the new programs, Copenhaver said students can choose either to pursue certifications within the field, which take less time to acquire, or to pursue degrees.

"It's always important, now especially, to offer points where a student can stop his or her education without becoming a dropout," she said. "... If you take it in little segments, we found it's much easier."

Copenhaver said this makes the course load more manageable for students who may have not stepped foot in a classroom for years or have to leave their studies due to life events.

"If their life changes, they actually have a credential, they can go to work," she said. "And then when they can come back to us and finish that associate degree, they can do that. And all of the credits built on each other."

Copenhaver said the programs were designed with input from the business community, and preliminary projects related to the new programs are already underway.

She said they're already working with The Market on the Courthouse Square in Hinton on basic kitchen training and offered community education classes in areas like composting and regenerative agriculture.

On the outdoor recreation side, Copenhaver said they're working with Beaver Coal to establish a trail around its campus, as well as Piney Creek and the local YMCA to build additional trails and for mountain bike skill development.

New River CTC's expanding outdoor and aviation programs follow proposed cuts to similar programs at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, with low enrollment cited as the cause.

However, Copenhaver said the programs at New River CTC will differ from those at WVU Tech because they're not all tied to a single degree.

"The programs that we are putting forward are actually skilled jobs, as opposed to just a general degree in a particular subject area," she said. "And because they're in smaller pieces, then it's not affecting the whole program. On that, it is very difficult right now to operate any program."

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• MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship
• National Science Challenges
• Partnerships
• PreSeed Accelerator Fund
• Strategic Science Investment Fund
• Regional Research Institutes Initiative
• Who got funded
• Te Tahua Whakakaha o Te Pūnaha Hihiko
• Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund

The Government’s vision for the science system for 2015-2025.

• The Impact of Science

The R&D Tax Incentive helps businesses innovate and contribute to a stronger, more productive economy that benefits all New Zealanders.

We use a range of funding and support programmes to invest the majority of our science and innovation funds. Each programme is supported with comprehensive documentation covering application and assessment details.

• Our College of Assessors
• Pītau Investment Management System Portal

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