Eruption activity has subsided but another eruption could occur at any time with little or no warning, according to Civil Defence. Read the latest.

Hawaiian Airlines will start flying non-stop between Auckland and Hawaii, three times weekly from March next year.

A New Zealander is missing after a possible helicopter crash in Papua New Guinea. Several aircraft are looking for the missing chopper, and officials are still trying to confirm the identities of those on board.

Air NZ's new chief executive says the business is addictive and maybe "an insane way to make money".

Pilots gave a "textbook" emergency response when a New Zealand colleague became unwell during an Auckland-bound Los Angeles flight on Saturday, aviation experts say.

Winston Aldworth goes in to bat for some of New Zealand's much-maligned regional centres.