Tributes are flowing in today for two of New Zealand's most experienced Cessna pilots who died in a horror crash that also claimed the lives of their two children.

Four bodies - believed to be from the same family - were last night recovered from the wreckage of a light aircraft near Wanaka.

Police have recovered four bodies from a light plane that crashed near Wanaka.

A strip club has received a slap on the wrist for an ambush marketing stunt during Saturday's epic Cricket World Cup clash in Auckland.

Toxic fumes in cabin air pose a health risk to frequent fliers and aircrew, a British coroner has said in a landmark report.

A dramatic new image has emerged of the volcanic eruption which has disrupted air travel to and from Tonga.

Hundreds of travellers and holidaymakers have been left stranded after flights to and from Tonga were cancelled yesterday because of a huge volcanic ash cloud.

Tributes are flowing for the brave pilot who made a split-second decision to slam into water instead of crash-landing among hundreds of beach-goers at Raglan.

Following the July breach, Mr Brownlee claimed he was given permission by an airport staff member manning a secure exit door to bypass security.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is asking the public as well as industry professionals to have their say on the proposed new rules for 'unmanned aircraft operations'.

Dizzying aerial shots of wide, sweeping landscapes used to be the exclusive domain of big-budget film productions with a helicopter, but not any more.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee is giving up the aviation security share of his portfolio while the Civil Aviation Authority investigates his deliberate bypassing of airport security yesterday.

A woman who died in a mid-air collision had noticed flaws in the aviation industry and was trying to make changes, according to her father.

Passengers on board an Air NZ flight from Perth to Auckland are alarmed at the behaviour of the pilots, which lead to the captain locking his co-pilot out of the cockpit.

The increasing number of drones in New Zealand and growing safety fears have prompted an urgent review of the rules on flying them.

Authorities are to take urgent action to monitor rapidly increasing drone activity after conceding they know of as few as one in 10 unmanned flights.

Rescuers are struggling to reach the bodies of 2degrees' boss Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy believed to be inside the plane wreckage on the sea floor.

The Pacific Blue pilot convicted of a careless Queenstown takeoff is to meet his employer next week to discuss his flying future.

Editorial: All airlines should dwell on Judge Phillips' concerns about the pressure on pilots. Safety rules are not there to be bent at a whim. Trust in airline pilots will soon dwindle if they are.

The flight training industry stands on the threshhold, says Lyn Neeson: either tighten regulations now or lose more of the country's finest young pilots.

Captain Ravendra Pal Singh, convicted of assaulting two student pilots in a cockpit 1500ft above the ground, compares himself to Jesus Christ.