Travel

Calling home this week is Julian Kirwan, a former flight attendant from Christchurch who has established a successful café chain and is well and truly settled in the Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam. Audio

If you're literally taking off on an Easter break Thursday is Air NZ's busiest of the weekend. Demand is up almost 70 percent on the same time last year.

Among those travelling, 5800 unaccompanied… Video, Audio

An RNZ investigation into bus cancellations has revealed Auckland's 10 worst routes are all run by an offshore private equity company.

Ritchies Transport is owned by New York based Kohlberg Kravis… Audio

An Australian couple have had to cut short their bucket-list New Zealand tour because they can't get on a ferry.

On a campervan tour, twice they've had crossings from the South Island to the North… Audio

The head of the Road to Zero programme says Easter is a time when people shouldn't be accepting death as an inevitable part of having roads. 

Bryan Sherritt from the Ministry of Transport says… Audio

A group of biosecurity officers are set to graduate today, and they'll soon be rostered on the front lines at airports, mail rooms, and other rooms full of lost or unclaimed baggage. 

It comes amid a… Audio

Live Australian freshwater crayfish are among the contraband sniffed out by Biosecurity at Auckland Airport in the past three months.

The number of air passengers screened in the first quarter of… Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay was one of the most affected areas when Cyclone Gabrielle arrived in February. Hawke's Bay Tourism Chief Executive Hamish Saxton talks to Jesse about how visitors can help the region… Audio

A key route between Northland and Auckland is now open both ways, for the first time since Cyclone Gabrielle hit. 

Three Olympic swimming pools' worth of rubble has been cleared to make this happen… Audio

Aucklanders could have a new harbour crossing sooner than first thought.

Construction of a second bridge or tunnel across or under the Waitemata harbour is expected to begin in 2029.

Five options… Audio

It's been a year since the long-awaited opening of Transmission Gully.

Waka Kotahi says it's seen eight-point-four million journeys.

The 27-kilometre route is about 10 minutes quicker, and coastal… Audio

Cook Strait ferry services have more difficulties on their hands, with swell warnings causing all Interislander sailings to be canned on Wednesday. 

On top of that, thousands of passengers planning… Audio

Whanganui born Alex Rothman is calling home from Tashkent in Uzbekistan where he teaches high school history. Audio

The bout of bad weather is still causing disruptions for travelers in Wellington.

On the roads, drivers are being warned of possible flooding and debris, and by sea, all Cook Strait ferries this… Audio