Air NZ has been ordered for a second time to reinstate a flight attendant sacked for sitting down during turbulence. The Employment Court ruled Randall Wulff's firing was unfair and "unjustifiable".

An Air NZ passenger had to climb over seats to use the toilet after being told the passenger blocking her way could not be woken.

NZTA cleared its registry of deceased licence holders, only to have 23 inform it they were still alive.

A cut-price Asian airline is promising the "cheapest international airfares New Zealand has seen" when it launches in Christchurch today.