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Interislander vessel to resume service after navigational issue
The Interislander ferry company says its Kaitaki vessel should resume sailing today, after it was held in dock last night due to a navigational fault.
New flight service allows some to avoid damaged roads between Gisborne and Ruatoria
A new flight service has been launched on the East Coast giving vulnerable communities the ability to avoid damaged roads in the region. Audio
Heavy rain warnings in place in Napier
Heavy rain warnings have been put in place for Napier.
Reporter Lauren Crimp is at State Highway 51, on Napier's waterfront.
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Hope fades for summer tourism boost in Coromandel
The Coromandel peninsula may lose another summer's trade by the time State Highway 25A is fixed, a small business owner says.
Calling Home: Catherine Costello in Lyon, France
Catherine Costello was home in NZ over the summer showing her French partner a Kiwi Christmas. They live in Lyon, France, where she works for a company teaching English to French business people… Audio
Learning to fly before you can drive
Scottish 17 year old George Walker Jnr has just gained his pilot's license before he can drive a car. George is a pupil at Inverurie Academy and making an early start to follow his dream of becoming a… Audio
'We've got expensive planes to buy' - Air NZ boss on profits
Air New Zealand has emerged from Covid turbulence with a $214 million profit for the first half of the financial year, but it does not mean airfares will be any cheaper any time soon.
The national… Video, Audio
National seeks to sway freedom camping law with newfound power
The National Party plans to use its extra place on a select committee to strongarm the government into making a crucial change to its freedom camping legislation.
Temporary Air NZ flights between Napier and Gisborne
People in Hawkes Bay and Tai Rāwhiti can now fly between Gisborne and Napier.
Air New Zealand has added a new temporary service in response to severely damaged roads between the two cities.
The… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: East Coast roads update
Some communities on the East Coast are still stuck as they wait for roads to be fixed.
Te Puia Springs remains isolated, with State Highway 35 closed to Tolaga Bay.
Wairoa has had access restored to… Audio
Road crews clearing mud-filled roads in Pakowhai
Work has been going on to clear mud-filled roads in rural Hawke's Bay.
RNZ reporter Phil Pennington has been out with road crews in Pakowhai - he told Māni Dunlop about the job ahead. Audio
Te Puia Springs nurses undeterred by road closures
Nurses at Te Puia Springs Hospital are taking a hair-raising farm bike ride across rugged terrain to get to their shifts.
Many staff at the hospital live in nearby Tokomaru Bay, but the road is… Audio
Air New Zealand conducts first flight in te reo Māori
Aotearoa's airline has delivered a flight in te reo Māori for the first time as kapa haka stars flew to Tāmaki Makarau for Te Matatini.
Deputy Mayor on more than 100 roads damaged across Auckland
More than 100 roads have been badly damaged across Auckland, leaving emergency management teams flat-out.
And there have been more than 1000 landslides, too, with the communities out west have borne… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hastings mayor update
Damage from Cyclone Gabrielle is becoming clearer as roads slowly open and cellphone reception is gradually restored.
Hastings mayor Sandra Hazlehurst spoke to Kim Hill. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Some roads reopening
Roads are finally starting to reopen across cut off parts of the country after the destruction from cyclone Gabrielle
The entire perimeter of the Coromandel peninsula is now drivable - and the… Audio
Waka Kotahi on regional road damage and updates
There's been confusion in Hawke's Bay where the only road linking Hastings and Napier was opened, only to have been closed again. Waka Kotahi National Spokesperson for Emergency Response Mark Owen… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hopes travel to Coromandel will be possible soon
Waka Kotahi says travel to and from the Coromandel should be possible by Thursday morning.
A mammoth slip on Northland's State Highway 1 at Dome Valley may be cleared by Friday
Meanwhile across… Audio
Calling Home: Haydon Dewes in Calgary, Canada
Haydon Dewes grew up in Hastings then worked for a while a reporter at the Dominion Post. He's been living in Calgary for years now, raising a family there and founding a craft brewing beer company. Audio
Air NZ cancels multiple flights ahead of cyclone
Air New Zealand has cancelled several North Island flights ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle.
