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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32707, 9 September 1971, Page 12

Personal item

Mr J. E. McClean, of Invercargill, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Reserve Bank, the Minister of Finance (Mr Muldoon) announced yesterdav. Mr McClean replaces Mr P. O. Smeliie, who retired from the board recently.—(P.A.)

of two adults and two children of six and four years of age. When they contacted the New Zealand Tourist Bureau they were told that, at all leading hotels, including the Hermitage, family units were not available. They were told to book two twin rooms. This mean a cost of $34 a night, which is .to be expected, I suppose; but the main point is that the children are too young to be sleeping away from their parents, and, if the parents are separated the holiday begins to fall apart. Now this family has decided to stay at Great Barrier Reef, disgusted with New Zealand’s tourist accommodation. It appears to me that New Zealand is not doing all it can to promote tourism by neglecting such a request.—Yours, etc., TOURISTS OR NOT? August 27, 1971. [Mr L. F. Manning, district manager of the Tourist and Publicity Department, replies: “No trace of .the inquiry can be found at this office and I can only presume that, it was made in Australia. Generally speaking, hotels in New Zealand will arrange stretchers in a room for small children travelling with parents. However, this would be at the discretion of the manager. Some leading hotels have multi-bed rooms and others have connecting doors between rooms. Firstclass motels, the envy of tourists from many parts of the world, are well distributed throughout New Zealand, and they have all the facilities required. Some have fully-equipped kitchens and some have restaurants attached. In Australia (where I have recently lived for five years), the same conditions prevail with hotels, but the motels do not have fullyequipped kitchens. Practically all motels in Australia have a restaurant attached.”]