Travel
Boeing may avoid prosecution over plane crashes
The agreement, if approved, would be a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes.
Australia ramps up travel warnings for USA
The Department of Foreign Affairs has toughened its travel advice for the USA three times in just over a month in response to the Trump administration's increasingly harsh border controls.
The Panel with Zoe George & David Farrar (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George & David Farrar. They discuss the budget lock up lock out, and the Wellington Saints campaign to get basketball hoops into… Audio
Wellington trains now departing after signal issues stopped services
Metlink is advising people to seek alternative transport options if possible.
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 14 May 2025
In today's episode, the Waitangi Tribunal is hearing submissions from claimants concerned about the effect the Regulatory Standards Bill will have on the Treaty of Waitangi, The Foreign Affairs… Audio
Foreign Affairs Ministry updates travel advisory to USA
The Foreign Affairs Ministry is warning travellers to the United States need to "exercise increased caution". The first update since Donald Trump returned as President. University of Auckland academic… Audio
Flights cancelled due to Whakaari/ White Island ash clouds
Monitoring information for Whakaari showed an alert level used in cases of minor eruptions.
Motorbikes and towers: Elspeth Beard
Back in 1982, the broken-hearted 23-year-old Elspeth Beard set out on the solo adventure of a lifetime - clocking up 35,000 miles and becoming the first British woman to circumnavigate the globe on a… Audio, Gallery
Tourism's Covid hangover slow to shake off
There's buoyancy and optimism in the tourism industry in spite of New Zealand's long slow slog when it comes to the post-Covid airline bounce-back.
Heading off: farmers and the move to high-country tourism
Heading Off is our weekly travel segment where we pick a destination and learn what's it's like to visit, what you'll see and what you can do. Audio
How a trip to Spain inspired a cookbook
We all lament the end of a holiday and the return to normality - but one of my next guests found a novel way to keep the spirit of her trip alive. Audio
Calling Home: Jude Fleming from Warren, NSW
Award-winning contemporary landscape artist Jude Fleming lives a six-hour drive from Sydney in Warren, population 1365. Audio
Popular holiday hotspot hit with power outage
Travellers to the Asian island reported long lines at airport check-in counters.
Wellington mops up after storm as power cuts, travel chaos lingers
The blustery wind and driving rain may have died down but power cuts, ferry cancellations, flight backlogs and rubberneckers still confound the capital. Audio
Christchurch couple stranded at the flooded town Little River
Little River and Banks Peninsula are both fully cut off from the rest of the country after flooding put the area under a state of emergency. Sue McKenna spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
How to stay safe and what to know about closures, cancellations, evacuations
Warnings are covering huge parts of the country.
Air NZ announces new climate action forecast
Air New Zealand has announced a new climate action forecast for 2030, which it is describing as "guidance" on how it expects to perform rather than setting a target. Air New Zealand's chief… Audio
Heading Off: Samoa
We've talked about travelling solo, planning a nudist adventure, and even going to Mars. Today we're keeping it a bit more local... Well at least more so than Mars... Audio
US immigration crackdown a growing worry for NZers
A growing number of people say current threat level for travel to the US is not high enough.
Detentions and arrests at US borders sow fear
The current threat-level for travel to the US is 'exercise increased caution', but a growing number of people say it's not high enough. Audio
