Holidays
Airport chaos impacts on tourism operators
Over this past week we've seen reports of frustrated arriving passengers at Auckland Airport waiting for hours, loosing luggage, and not knowing what was going on. Tourism operators rely on New… Audio
Coromandel keen for visitors over Easter weekend
Easter would normally be boom times on the Coromandel Peninsula, a playground for Auckland escapees.
But the indefinite closure of State Highway 25A - a main route to a number of holiday hotspots -… Audio
Police tips to stop grinches this Christmas
Police have a warning for those sending presents by mail this year: don't let the grinch steal your Christmas. Mail theft tended to surge around the holiday season, but police had some tips to help… Audio
Colorado man's raffle win gets him on a plane to New Zealand
If you won a ticket to anywhere in the world where would you go? One Colorado man has come here, to New Zealand. He told our reporter Tom Taylor why. Audio
Employers urged to get ready for Holidays Act changes
Significant changes will be made to the holidays act this year - affecting both employers and employees. Despite having been amended more than 20 times, the 2003 Act has been a nightmare over the… Audio
Campground check-in: Hot Water Beach Top 10 Holiday Park
We check in with Sheree Webster form Hot Water Beach Top 10 Holiday Park to hear just how busy they've been and the conditions of the famous warm water. Audio
Covid-style Christmas Santa photo at mall one to remember
He's making a list, checking it twice, but this year Santa is also wearing a mask and checking you in. It's a Covid-style Santa visit in malls across Auckland this year, with the city still in the red… Video, Audio
Christmas food flying off shelves in holiday season preparation
Christmas is still more than a month away, but food is flying off shelves as kitchen whizz's prepare early for the holiday season.
Shipping delays that have been around since the start of the… Audio
How the pandemic became a referendum on work
For many people, jobs have become little more than a completely relentless, unsatisfying toil. Especially since Covid-19 came along. So why then does work ethic still hold so much sway? Jamie McCallum… Audio
Why we're so bad at daydreaming - and how to fix it
Are you a daydreamer? Many of us were as children, but as adults we find it increasingly harder to be pleasantly lost in our thoughts. Nick Buttrick was part of a team that published a study on… Audio
One third of Kiwis want daylight saving system changed
This morning we put the clocks back again to signify the end of daylight saving. Not all countries do this, and there has been some recent discussion about whether New Zealand should revise our… Audio
The unlikely story behind New Zealand's homegrown superyacht
Large crowds of spectators have been gathering around the Waitemata Harbour to watch America's Cup races - from both the land and the water. Among them is the locally-built 102ft superyacht Pacific… Audio
The Season Of Yule
Eleanor Tremeer is usually ou sci-fi geek - but tonight she's geeking out on midwinter and solstice traditions from throughout the world. Audio
Team of five million need to be committed to prevent outbreak
The latest results from the now-fortnightly poll conducted by Research New Zealand shows that respondents believe the 'team of five million' needs to be more committed to preventing another Covid-19… Audio
Travel restrictions give people a chance to holiday at home
Border closures and self isolation rules for returning travellers given people an opportunity to holiday at home. The Panel looks at the potential best holiday hideaways in Aotearoa. Audio
The bug boats - is this the end of cruising?
Ships banned, quarantined, and shunned by the bug-phobic - is the coronavirus the iceberg that will sink the cruise industry? Audio
The bug boats - is this the end of cruising?
Ships banned, quarantined, and shunned by the bug-phobic - is the coronavirus the iceberg that will sink the cruise industry?
AudioKiwi camping memories from the Ngā Taonga Sound Archives
In the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, the memories of summers past linger on and Sarah Johnston is back for 2020 to relive some of them with us. Audio, Gallery
Refugees and the Kiwi summer holidays
In this episode of Voices; we find out how some of our newest refugees feel about Christmas, New Years and the Kiwi summer holidays. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu. Audio
Refugees and the Kiwi summer holidays
In this episode of Voices; we find out how some of our newest refugees feel about Christmas, New Years and the Kiwi summer holidays. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu.
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