John WeekesSenior Business Reporter·NZ Herald·24 May, 2026 10:49 PM3 mins to read‌Tom Raynel attends Trenz and finds tourism operators are being encouraged to stay focused despite global disruption. Video | Herald NOW BusinessInternational business event arrivals are up this year after an eclectic group of visitors came to New Zealand. Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) said numbers were approaching pre-Covid heights. Major contributors included the Special Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Auckland and the International Sedimentological Congress in Wellington.

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