Chief executive of the New Zealand Cruise association Kevin O’Sullivan speaks to a group tourism operators in Dunedin yesterday. PHOTO GREGOR RICHARDSONDunedin's tourism industry is resigned to cruise ships not returning to the city until late next year. It was "most likely" cruise ships would not return to Dunedin, or New Zealand generally, until late 2022, chief executive of the New Zealand Cruise Association Kevin O’Sullivan told the meeting. A spokesman in Minister of Tourism Stuart Nash’s office said the Ministry of Health had oversight of the border control mechanisms concerning cruise ships. They said at present there was a domestic cruise industry, with a limit of 100 persons per ship.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 10, 2021 16:30 UTC