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Making New Zealand - Tourism

2019 Television
  • Documentary
  • NZ History
  • Educational

This episode of documentary series Making New Zealand dives into an economic powerhouse tourism. The eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886 not only destroyed the unique Pink and White Terraces; it wiped out a fledgling tourism industry. But soon other wonders like the Waitomo Caves and the Southern Alps were attracting international visitors. World wars dented the industry's growth, but after the war tourism pioneers like the Wigley family, Hylton Hensman and Trevor and Heather Gamble from company Shotover Jet explored the exciting possibilities of adventure tourism.