1:25 pm today

Hamilton and Dunedin get a link to the outside world

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm today

For the first time in 13 years international flights are making their long-awaited return to Hamilton and Dunedin. Jetstar will offer direct flights from Hamilton to Sydney and both cities will fly direct to the sunny gold coast from June next year

Waikato Regional Airport Chief executive Mark Morgan talks to Jesse about what this means and gives us a behind the scenes look at running an airport. 

The first fights from across the Tasman landed in New Zealand after the border reopened on 13 April 2022.

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi