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April 27, 2023
Pukeroa Oruawhata taps tenant for Rotorua holiday park
Adam Gifford
Posted On April 27, 2023
Rotorua’s Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust has partnered with Tasman Holiday Parks to breathe new life into a prime Rotorua inner-city holiday park.
Tasman, which runs 40 camping grounds across Australia and New Zealand, plans to reopen the former Top 10 Holiday Park Rotorua in mid-May.
Agreement on the lease comes in the midst of a post-Covid tourism resurgence in Rotorua, with the latest StatsNZ figures showing international visitor spend has increased 56 per cent from December 2019 to January 2023.
Pukeroa Oruawhata deputy chair David Tapsell says the partnership will provide a much-needed boost in visitor accommodation.
He says the trust is committed to growing its tourism portfolio, as seen in its shared ownership of Te Puia NZMACI, and opening of the luxury Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa later this year, and the reopening of the holiday park.”
It also has plans for the former QE site and for Rainbow Springs, which was purchased by a collective of Ngāti Whakaue entities at the end of 2022.
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