The Rotorua Daily Post caught up with people at Rotorua Airport yesterday to see where they were heading for Christmas.
We're going down to Wellington, well Upper Hutt, to see family for Christmas.
![ANGUS ROSS](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q3XLBAZZBMUJVK5EZX5QOLHE54.jpg?auth=d37648c0d9e5e99994793c5ddcaee9a2eebc004ed8dc8216379e5422f83d5207&width=16&height=20&quality=70&smart=true)
ANGUS ROSS, 48
Otonga
Airport at Christmas time: Are you departing or arriving?
The Rotorua Daily Post caught up with people at Rotorua Airport yesterday to see where they were heading for Christmas.
We're going down to Wellington, well Upper Hutt, to see family for Christmas.
ANGUS ROSS, 48
Otonga
We are going to Whakatane and Ohope to spend time with my mother-in-law for Christmas.
JACQUIE KEAN, 45
Whakatane
We're waiting for my girls' father to come home for Christmas.
MARIE ALDCLOFT, 57
Fairy Springs
We're going to Wellington for Christmas, with sisters and sisters-in-law and all of the nephews.
NEIL ROSS, 60s
Otonga
We're picking up my brother; he's coming up from Wellington for a family Christmas.
CAROLYN HICKS, 40s
Hillcrest
Coming to my daughter's place, to spend Christmas with just one large lot of my family.
AILEEN WANSBROUGH, 92
Ngongotaha
We're just sending our grandson Reed back home, but we're driving down to Wellington
tomorrow to spend Christmas with him.
BRIAN WILLIAMS, 60s
Springfield
I've come up from Dunedin, I accidentally missed my earlier flight, but I'm coming to spend Christmas in the Mount with my family.
DEINDA STANWAY, 26
Tauranga
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