North & South

THE ELEPHANT IN THE SKY

Perhaps the biggest threat to New Zealand’s tourism industry – and therefore our economy – comes from climate change. Flying is responsible for more than 2% of global CO2 emissions, with this figure rising quickly as more people travel. If the cost of these emissions was built into ticket

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