Local operator Skyline has seen a 33 percent increase in international visitors to its luge,and a 21-percent rise in visitors to its gondolas.

Other operators are also reporting a similar increase.

Chief Operating Officer Danny Luke says tourism is booming again.

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14 Aug: A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars

14 Aug: Central Otago's troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant is going to be checked on less regularly

13 Aug: Christian Lio-Willie returns to the Otago side for their NPC match away to Wellington this weekend

13 Aug: A coroner has found failure to wear seatbelts contributed to the deaths of four men in a Canterbury crash

12 Aug: Another two men have been charged with murder in relation to a 20-year-old's death after a brawl in Hamilton last month

12 Aug: Belief that our trans-Tasman friends are keeping tourism strong in Queenstown

11 Aug: Feedback is open on a new draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw for the Queenstown Lakes District

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Rugby League:
The Warriors are desperate for a win but the New Zealand side's coach is on guard ahead of a visit from the giant-killers of this year's NRL in Auckland tonight 21:57

Law and Order:
Two people have been injured and several arrested following an assault in Auckland's Massey this evening 21:17

International:
Why is there a stoush over the Pacific's top meeting next month? 19:27

Health & Safety:
Health New Zealand's changing up hospital cafe menus in the name of a good diet 18:57

Netball:
The Queensland Firebirds coach sees Silver Fern Kelly Jackson as a potential mentor for fellow defenders, Aussies Ruby Bakewell-Doran and Isabelle Shearer, after joining the Super Netball side for next year 18:37

Business:
Grocery shopping keeps getting dearer and dearer for Kiwis 18:07

Business:
Rail Minister Winston Peters is disputing the reported final cost of dumping the mega-ferries project - of 671-million-dollars 17:47

Rugby League:
Warriors coach Andrew Webster insists they're on guard as they prepare for a visit tonight from the giant-killers of this year's NRL 17:27

Law and Order:
The Supreme Court has declined to release an autistic man from secure mental health care - where he's been for nearly 20 years 16:57

Entertainment:
Jennifer Aniston has filled her home with crystals to banish negative "nerves" from the mansion 16:42

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