Direct flights from Auckland to Houston as often as five times a week are being planned from November 2011.

Young Taiwanese honeymooners are being used to carry drug parcels into NZ, says a local tour operator.

Five of the tour group, and their tour leader, reached the arrivals hall but the sixth was subjected to a search that Customs said led to the discovery of $6m of pure meth.

Air New Zealand flights to and from London are operating as normal again, after restrictions due to volcanic ash were lifted overnight.

Some items on sale at Auckland Airport cost more than double their price at the nearby shopping Centre.

Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

The first flight back from London after disruptions from volcanic ash has landed at Auckland airport.

Stake holdings in Auckland Airport suppress value and opportunity, says Alasdair Thompson.

Air NZ is bearing the brunt of financial losses caused by the the Iceland volcano disruption, an expert says.

The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.

NZ passengers trying to fly to Europe are expected to be stranded here for at least two weeks.

UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.

The Governor-General has been forced to cancel plans to attend the late Polish President's funeral.