Travel
Queenstown Airport welcomes first Aus flight in nearly a year
Touch down! Queenstown Airport has officially welcomed its first trans Tasman flight in more than 300 days.
But today's Qantas flight from Sydney had its hurdles with thunderstorms delaying take off… Video, Audio
After nearly a year, Queenstown opens its borders to Australia
Queenstown is ready to roll out the welcome mat after 330 days without a scheduled international flight.
Calling Home: Yanai Postelnik in Devon
Yanai Postelnik could never have imagined how his life was going to change when he arrived at Gaia House in Devon for a silent meditation retreat in 1990. He returned to Gaia House to work in 1991… Audio
Auckland weather and traffic update
It's been a wild weather day in Auckland which has impacted on travel around the city.
Nick Truebridge has the details.
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Auckland weather snarls traffic as harbour bridge, ferries limited
It was a frightening and fatal start to Friday due to wild weather. A woman is dead after being crushed by a tree in Cambridge, Levin is battered by what locals call a tornado, and golf ball sized… Video, Audio
Calling Home: Gillian Bremner in Botswana
Gillian Bremner was looking for something different when she retired from her role as CEO at Presbyterian Support Otago. Little did she know she would soon be running a multi-tiered tourism company in… Audio
Border open for tourists not a quick fix for industry
As the prime minister announced yesterday, New Zealand's borders will fully open two months earlier than had previously been planned. So we thought we'd check in with tourism operators to find out if… Audio
Cruise ships, travellers coming back as borders reopen
With the border reopening earlier than expected, cruise ships and travellers from all countries will be able to enter New Zealand again, Flight Centre travel group's general manager of Product… Audio
The new normal for tourist operators around the world
The Prime Minister has announced. she's bringing forward the full re-opening of our borders, from October to July. Travel operator Robyn Galloway's noticed that travel is very different now, with… Audio
Prince Harry's tourism sustainability drive inspired by Māori values
Prince Harry has launched a new campaign inspired by Māori values.
Calling Home: Tjalve Mollison-Sjöberg in Gothenburg
Life in Gothenburg is a world away from Tjalve Mollison-Sjöberg's isolated upbringing on the edge of the Kahurangi National Park. The Karamea native, who lives in a central Gothenburg suburb… Audio
Have passport, will travel: young Kiwis head on their OE
Growing numbers of young New Zealanders are heading overseas as the borders open. But will a pandemic OE be slightly different? Audio
Niue ready to open travel bubble with New Zealand
Niue, which has had no community spread of Covid-19, is to begin a quarantine free travel bubble with Aotearoa on 28 June (NZT).
Court rules Qantas outsourcing ground crew during pandemic was illegal
Qantas has lost its appeal against an Australian Federal Court decision that found the outsourcing of about 2000 ground crew workers was illegal. But the company now plans to appeal...
MIQ exemption extended to more unvaccinated, including Australians
Unvaccinated visa holders, permanent residents, and Australians who normally live in New Zealand will from Friday be able to travel in and out of New Zealand without entering MIQ.
The Panel with Julia Hartley Moore and Allan Blackman (Part 2)
Panellists Julia Hartley Moore and Allan Blackman discuss the Big OE, scams and workwear - is dressing for success still relevant or has it become a fashion faux pas? Audio
First international tourist flights land in two years at Auckland Airport
The first international flights have touched down in Auckland in over two years, bringing in tourists, family and Kiwis home from holidays or business trips.
A historic and entirely unprecedented… Video, Audio
'Back on the map': Border reopens to visa waiver countries
It is the next step in the gradual opening of the border after it was slammed shut in March 2020 as part of the government's Covid-19 response.
AirNZ and the return of international travellers
Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran talks to Nathan Rarere about what it means to welcome international visitors back to NZ after more than two years. Audio
International visitors touch down for the first time this morning
For the first time in more than two years, international visitors are being welcomed into New Zealand this morning. The borders re-opened to vaccinated travellers from visa waiver countries at… Audio
