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Sustainable Tourism

Bush and Beach renew carboNZero certification

We have always been proud of our eco credentials and are pleased to announce that we have just received our new carboNZero certification from Toitū envirocare.  We were first certified back in 2017 and have worked hard to ensure we continue our carboNZero journey. A lot of travelers are now seeking out companies with this […]

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Bush and Beach Wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2024

We are pleased pleased to announce that Bush and Beach has been recognized in Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honors businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing us among the top 10% of listings around the world on Tripadvisor. We’d like to thank all of our customers for their reviews, and our […]

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Helping with a community planting

On the 18th August we helped the Auckland Council get over 500 native plants planted in the Kakamatura area near Cornwallis. With around 15 of our staff and Cameron the Park Ranger we got the planting done pretty efficiently. The plants were mainly Manuka, Cabbage Trees and native grasses to stabilise areas affected by flooding […]

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Help for our pest control work

We recently got some fantastic help from a NZ company to help us out with our pest control work around Piha. Cyclone Gabrielle in February caused extensive damage around the West Coast of Auckland and one of the things affected was our ability to check our predator traps that we have been using since 2014. […]

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Hosting journalists and media

It is always great to host journalists and media from around the world – we have such a wide range of tours available to choose from. Elle magazine in Quebec decided to join our wilderness experience tour and gave us a mention in their recent publication – here (and yes you can google translate it […]

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NZ Herald article and Newstalk ZB

Our managing director was interviewed for a NZ Herald article – you can read the full content here Ben was also interviewed on Newstalk ZB – the link to that interview is here  

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Working with Woven Earth

Since late 2020 we have been fortunate to be working with a charity organisation called Woven Earth. Woven Earth furnish the homes and lives of families that have fled domestic violence situations. When the borders to NZ closed due to covid we converted some of our tour buses into delivery vans (we took the seats […]

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Tourism Company helping recent migrants learn about water safety

West Auckland Tourism Company, Bush and Beach, last week ran a free day out for a group from Literacy Waitākere to introduce them to nature and water safety. The group were from all over the world including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Myanmar and Iraq. As well as a great day out it was a chance for them […]

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Sustainable Charter Buses

With a lack of international tourists we have been running tours for locals and also using our vehicles and drivers as charter buses for hire for private events and private tours. People are liking that they can hire a bus and driver to go wherever they want, on their time schedule and all with a […]

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Launching Domestic Tourism products

Bush and Beach is excited to be launching a range of ‘Kiwis guiding Kiwis’ day trips to help New Zealanders check out Auckland and the surrounding regions. Designed for Kiwi’s who do not have transport or prefer to let someone else do the driving, this selection of small group day trips has something for everyone. […]

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