Local businesses say Great Barrier Island has had more flights arriving in the last month than the previous ten months combined.
Business owners have teamed up to offer package deals for holiday-makers looking to stay local during the school holidays.
The boom has been welcome respite for the island following the economic impact of Covid-19.
Orla Cumisky is the owner of the Currach Irish Pub and Innkeeper's Lodge.

Local tourists flock to Great Barrier Island

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Country Life takes a walk with mountain ranger Tāne Houston through the forest on the slopes of Mt Taranaki. We head up the volcano along a trap line, resetting bait, foraging and chatting about the progress made in restoring the landscape.

Mt Taranaki ranger Tāne Houston - "we let the forest talk for itself"

A 40-litres-of-milk-a-day Friesian called Evie has been Supreme Champion Holstein at the New Zealand A&P Agricultural Show for two years in a row. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets the farmer behind the cow.

"She's got everything you want in a cow"

A lot of urban dwellers get their information about farming from supermarkets, new research suggests. A Massey University research project surveyed over 1300 urban and rural people about their views on farming.

The diverse experiences of farming

This year's annual Canterbury A&P show has been canned, while there's mixed results at the meatworks where venison sales have bounced back but lamb prices remain at historical lows, and new research suggests growing demand for alternative proteins could change the future of farming.

Rural News Wrap

This week Country Life is out with a mountain ranger foraging and checking traps on the slopes of Mt Taranaki and meets the farmer behind a champion milker. Also, a Massey University research project reveals what New Zealanders really think about farming.

Local tourists flock to Great Barrier Island

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