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The Langham Auckland will celebrate Earth Hour

Earth Hour takes place from 8.00pm – 9.00pm on Saturday 29 March. Earth Hour is a global movement celebrated by millions of people across the world in international cities including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv with the aim of raising awareness of climate change. The movement was initiated by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).

The Langham will be extinguishing up to an estimated 3000 lights which will be replaced by thousands of natural, non-carcinogenic, paraffin (petroleum) and chemical free, non-toxic, bio-degradable, New Zealand made soy candles.

New Zealanders who are booked on trips to Tibet are being urged to contact their travel agent

Reports from Tibet suggest permits are no longer being issued for travel to the region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday warned against non-essential or tourist travel to the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

New Zealand citizens in Lhasa are advised to avoid areas where protests and riots are taking place.

Air New Zealand deciding not to take part in a major tourism trade event

G'day New Zealand Australia Week, organised by Tourism Australia, aims to market Australia to New Zealand's wholesale travel industry.

This year for the first time the trade show has tacked on a travel expo day to market Australian tourism direct to the general public.

But because Qantas is the key sponsor of the week, competing airlines have been blocked from having a stall at the public open day, prompting Air NZ to skip the entire event.

Air New Zealand's Cam Wallace told Travel Trade that without its participation at the consumer day, the investment in the event did not stack up to the rewards.

New Zealand International Arts Festival

More than 800 artists and performers from 29 countries showcase their art at the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington from February 22 to March 16.

A broad range of styles encompass theatre, music, dance, opera, writing and the visual arts.

The arts festival takes place in various venues in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city at the southern end of the North Island.

Travel still holds big allure for kiwis

New Zealanders are expected to continue to pull out their passports, with the year-on-year growth in outbound travel anticipated to reach 6.5 per cent despite economic factors and environmental consequences, according to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Travel.

The latest report reveals that one million New Zealanders will travel overseas in the first half of 2008, continuing their reputation as one of the world's most traveled populations.