Travel

UK migrants have discovered they need to get British passports to go on holiday to Britain, or to visit elderly parents and grandparents, from the end of next month.

Their union says problems with Air New Zealand's planes and services are creating extra headaches for staff at 38,000 feet.

House of Travel says forward bookings for the year are at record levels - both in dollars spent and in the total number of travellers.

SH1 near Geraldine is down to one lane after a truck carrying port-a-loos crashed, sending hundreds of litres of human waste across the road.

Three other people have been taken to hospital, police say.

British citizens living in New Zealand will have to get UK passports for their children before they can fly there - as they are automatically citizens, authorities say.

One traveller told RNZ she was sick to the stomach because she only discovered in the last few days that she could be classed as a citizen and refused boarding.

Many New Zealanders' summer holidays ended as wild weather battered the North Island.

Local charities report turning away people wanting to volunteer amid a high rate of unemployment.

Solomon Airlines confirmed an Airbus A320-200 would fly between the Garden City and Vanuatu's capital Port Vila twice a week from 1 July.

Thousands wanting to use the only route into and out of Taranaki from the north are being told to go around.

Global rankings show New Zealand's passport is less powerful than last year.

The Air Canada flight left 51 minutes late, only to land back at Auckland just over an hour after departure.

Gusts over 100km/h were recorded in Wellington.

How Stella and Paul Richards packed up their home - and cat - to hit the road 3 years ago.