Back at the helm of national tourism marketing agency

Maori will continue to have representation in the highest echelons of the New Zealand tourism industry, for the next three years at least.

Wally Stone ... beginning second stint as NZTB chairman

This follows the re-appointment of Wally Stone as the chairman of the New Zealand Tourism Board.

Wally has served on the board since 1999 and was appointed as chairman in May 2002.

Tourism Minister Mark Burton says Wally has made an enormous contribution to the NZTB over the past five years.

“I am delighted that he has agreed to hold the position of chairman for another three years,” the Minister says.

“As the executive chairman and a founding director of Whale Watch Kaikoura, he has extensive knowledge of the tourism industry.”

Wally Stone was a member of the tourism sector steering group that developed the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2010 and served as a judge for British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Asia-Pacific region from 1995 to 1999 and the New Zealand Tourism Awards from 1998 to 2001.