Heather Roy's "Step Change" report is a logistical nightmare and a load of rubbish, says Labour Associate Education Spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

"The more you read, the more bizarre it becomes.

Labour Tourism Spokesperson Kelvin Davis supports calls from the Tourism Industry Association for local government to do more to educate freedom campers as to what practices are acceptable to avoid a negative impact on community wellbeing and the environment.

The Government's decision to mine New Zealand's national parks makes a mockery of the Ministry of Tourism's guiding principle of 'kaitiakitanga', says Labour's Tourism and Associate Maori Affairs spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

The tourism industry looks set to take a battering if Prime Minister John Key - also the Tourism Minister - raises GST to 15 per cent, says Labour's Tourism Spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

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Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is right to have concerns regarding the introduction of National Standards, says Labour Associate Education Spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

Two Brazilian tourists who were doused with herbicide by a helicopter spraying gorse over the Heaphy Track deserve at least an apology, says Labour Tourism Spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

Labour's Associate Maori Affairs Spokesperson Kelvin Davis has welcomed moves for 90 Mile Beach to revert to its original name of Te-One-Roa-a-Tohe.

A 'traditional Maori' charging tourists five dollars for a photo with him resplendent in his felt pen moko should be allowed to go for it if he's giving tourists something they want, says Labour Tourism Spokesperson Kelvin Davis.

Moves to silence teachers and principals from criticising the Minister of Education and Anne Tolley's threat to sack boards of trustees who allow staff to boycott the National Standards are like a red rag to a bull, says Kelvin Davis.