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Fares for some Air New Zealand flights have surged by up to three hundred per cent in the past five years according to Consumer NZ. It found in one case, a last minute booking of a return flight to… Audio

Airlines say it could be another year until Auckland Airport lowers its aviation prices. That's despite a draft Commerce Commission report yesterday which found the Airport was in line to make about… Audio

Marlborough's Guardians of the Sounds, want Tory Channel closed off to the Cook Strait ferries, saying they should use the safer - and slower - Northern Entrance into Queen Charlotte Sound instead. At… Audio

The Automobile Association says the long-promised rollout of new speed camera signs for Northland and Auckland in the coming weeks is a win-win-win for everybody. AA says the signs will get drivers… Audio

A maritime expert is questioning why the Aratere ferry was put on autopilot as it left Picton. John Riding, a senior maritime consultant, he says the waters out of Picton are potentially hazardous… Audio

The Interislander's Executive General Manager, Duncan Roy, rejects any suggestion that KiwiRail is running a cover up over the grounding of the Aratere ferry last month. This morning, Acting Prime… Audio

Aratere is expected to sail from Picton to Wellington today for the first time since the grounding on the June 21. Maritime New Zealand says conditions have been imposed on the operation of the vessel… Audio

Leaked documents about the Cook Strait ferry grounding show a crew member accidently triggered the auto pilot onto the wrong course before it crashed into the shore. An internal safety bulletin says… Audio

Leaked documents about the Cook Strait ferry grounding show a crew member accidently triggered the auto pilot onto the wrong course before it crashed into the shore. The ship ran aground shortly after… Audio