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The Future of New Zealand Tourism - Tourism Futures Taskforce
15 September 2020
TIA's major submission to the Tourism Futures Taskforce outlines our vision for a world-leading sustainable tourism industry that benefits all New Zealanders. It sets out 22 potential solutions in 16 areas that are crucial to the future of tourism. The submission is supported by seven in-depth papers (see links on pg 21) setting out TIA’s views on a range of important topics.
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Terms of Reference for the Tourism Futures Taskforce
25 June 2020
TIA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Terms of Reference for the Tourism Futures Taskforce.
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2021) Bill
11 February 2020
TIA is supportive of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2021) Bill, recognising the importance of the event, but urging strong communication and efforts to minimise disruption as much as possible.
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Submission on New Zealand’s Research, Science and Innovation Strategy
November 2019
Our submission to MBIE on the draft New Zealand Research, Science and Innovation Strategy. From a tourism industry perspective, the RSI system is not delivering for an economically and socially important part of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) refresh
29 May 2019
TIA has provided feedback to StatsNZ regarding the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) refresh.
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The Draft Government Tourism Strategy
Submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment - 4 Feb 2019
TIA welcomes the draft Government Tourism Strategy. We strongly support the ‘tourism system’ approach used in the strategy and we share this way of looking at the visitor economy. This allows us to draw in the wide range of parties with a role to play in how tourism operates for the benefit of New Zealand. We support the Government’s aim ‘to enrich New Zealand through sustainable tourism growth’. The five themes are sensible and largely mirror the structural elements of Tourism 2025.
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Towards New Data and Statistics Legislation: Public Discussion Document
Covering letter to StatsNZ - 13 Nov 2018 (see the discussion document below)
TIA supports changes to update the Statistics Act 1975 legislation. We feel that this is both desirable and necessary to enable the continued provision of trusted statistics in an ever-changing operating environment.
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Stats NZ 'Towards new data and legislation' submission
Submission to Stats NZ regarding the 'Towards new data and legislation' public discussion document - 13 Nov 2018
TIA's submission on the Stats NZ discussion document ‘Towards new data and legislation’. The legislative changes align well with the insight framework and TIA will work with Stats NZ on next steps.
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State Services Commission on the Reform of the State Sector Act 1988
Submission to the State Services Commission
Improved collaboration across the public service will help increase tourism’s contribution to New Zealand’s economy and wellbeing, TIA says. On 26 June 2019, the Government announced plans to reform the public service, which will address many of the issues we raised in this submission.
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Consultation on the International Education Strategy 2018-2030
Submission to the International Education Strategy 2018-2030 - 22 June 2018
TIA is pleased to see that the strategy acknowledges the alignment between international
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Consultation on proposed processes for maintaining the approved subjects list for University Entrance
Submission to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority - 18 Oct 2017
The tourism industry needs a workforce that supplies the right people with the right skills at the right time and place. Having tourism as an approved UE subject would be an important enabler of this. We are concerned that tourism is not currently an approved UE subject as it adds to the myth that a career in tourism is not an attractive option.
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Proposed changes to Visa Service
Submission to Immigration New Zealand - 4 October 2017
There is a lack of information on the impact of the proposed changes to the tourism industry. No information is provided on the functions of the proposed customer sector teams, the structure of each team and the number of staff. Therefore, TIA is unable to provide full support for this model due to a lack of information.
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Draft International Education Strategy for New Zealand
Submission to Education New Zealand - 31 Aug 2017
TIA considers that the International Education Strategy could benefit from a stronger demonstration of the connections between international education and the New Zealand tourism industry, in particular a stronger relationship between Education NZ and TIA.
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University Entrance Review 2016-2017
Feedback on the Discussion Document - 28 April 2017
TIA highlighted the need for tourism to be a UE-approved subject. We stressed our surprise to see an overall lack of engagement with industry sectors on this review work. Many industries, including tourism, value UE qualified graduates. It seems an opportunity to strengthen engagement with industry has been lost and it reflects poorly on NZQA’s stakeholder engagement processes.
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New Models of Tertiary Education Draft Report
Submission to the New Zealand Productivity Commission - 26 November 2016
Overall, TIA supports the draft paper and its series of bold recommendations. However, we believe there are still some gaps and anomalies in a range of areas, including employer/tertiary collaboration, career guidance,skilled migrants and UE. We also want the final report to encourage action and responsibility.
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New Models of Tertiary Education Draft Report
Submission to the New Zealand Productivity Commission - 26 November 2016
Overall, TIA supports the draft paper and its series of bold recommendations. However, we believe there are still some gaps and anomalies in a range of areas, including employer/tertiary collaboration, career guidance,skilled migrants and UE. We also want the final report to encourage action and responsibility.
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Land Transport Amendment Bill 2016
Submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee - 27 October 2016
Safety of visitors and drivers is critical to this discussion. We support the continued requirement for all drivers of small vehicle passenger services to obtain a P-endorsement on their licence. We are concerned that drivers of small vehicle passenger services do not require knowledge of the English language.
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Proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity
Submission to the Ministry for the Environment - 15 July 2016
TIA welcomes the proposed requirement for councils to plan ahead of time for the provision of land to enable growth for housing and businesses. However, we are concerned about the potential the NPS has to increase the complexity, cost and rigidity of urban planning processes.
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Seafarer Certification
Proposed amendments to Maritime Rules Part 32 - 7 June 2016
Overall, the proposed changes are a positive development for the industry. TIA commends Maritime New Zealand on their acknowledgment of issue around the validity period for maritime licences and their willingness to review the situation and move to a more favourable outcome for certificate holders.
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New Models of Tertiary Education
Submission to the Productivity Commission's Issues Paper - 4 May 2016
The strength of the voice of the employer within the current tertiary system needs to be a lot stronger than it currently is. We are concerned that the Issues Paper does not go far enough in recognising this as a significant issue.
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Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill
Submission to the Commerce Commission - 21 January 2016
TIA supports the liberalisation of Easter trading laws but would prefer to see a national law to provide consistency for travellers, rather than allowing 67 councils to make 67 bylaws.
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This was a win for TIA, with the new Shop Trading Hours Bill passed into law on 25 August 2016. However, we would have preferred a national rule, rather than leaving it up to councils to decide when and where shops will open.
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