The last remaining MIQ facility in Rotorua is to be used to support the community during the current Omicron outbreak. The Sudima Rotorua Managed Isolation Facility will be available to support community cases from Tuesday 22 March 2022 until the end of May.

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With New Zealand now reopening to the world and MIQ winding down, the MIQ voucher booking system is being decommissioned, says Head of MIQ Chris Bunny.

The closure of the 4 remaining MIQ facilities will be brought forward due to very low numbers using the facilities.

After 2 years, 2 months and 17 days since its first facilities were stood up, MIQ’s remaining 3 facilities have closed.

The countdown is on to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ with 20 July marking one year to go until the world’s largest women’s sporting event kicks off.

Minister of Tourism Stuart Nash and Associate Minister of Tourism Peeni Henare have announced the sixth round of recipients of the Government’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund (TIF), which supports local government to address tourism infrastructure needs.

A new Tourism Data Co-governance Group has been appointed to help create a more collaborative and targeted tourism data system that will benefit Aotearoa New Zealand’s tourism sector as it rebounds from the effects of COVID-19.

Today’s Budget announcement included the $54 million Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura have announced that Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau will host the Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ at the Aotea Centre on Saturday 22 October 2022.