Flights are cancelled, passengers are stranded and workers are standing in the rain outside Queenstown Airport as authorities deal with a bomb threat.
Police say the terminal was cleared as a safety precaution shortly after half-past eight this morning when they received reports of what looked like explosive device.
People have been told to avoid Queenstown Airport until further notice.
RNZ's Southland-Otago reporter Tess Brunton is in Queenstown
