Heading for Hong Kong

Entries have flooded in for the chance to win a $13,000 luxury holiday for two in Hong Kong tocelebrate Cathay Pacific Airways' 30th birthday in New Zealand.

The competition doesn't close until noon tomorrow so there's still time to take part, using the entry form below.

The winners will fly to Hong Kong in Cathay Pacific's business class, which has an award-winning food and beverage service, and seats that stretch into full-length beds.

That's a far cry from when the airline launched in 1945 with a single refurbished war-surplus DC3 nicknamed Betsy.

These days, Cathay Pacific operates 650 flights to 85 destinations every week. When the airline first established a presence in New Zealand 30 years ago it had just one staff member - David Figgins, who is now country manager - and its planes didn't land here.

Now it has 74 staff based in New Zealand and its aircraft visit 12 times a week.

In Hong Kong the competition winners will stay for four pampered nights in the five-star Langham Hotel, which is in the Kowloon shopping district.

They will also enjoy tours, organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Bureau, of Hong Kong Island, including the Victoria Peak viewing point, Stanley Market and the Aberdeen Bay fishing village.