This weekend will be among the busiest of the school holidays at Auckland Airport with close to the population of Tauranga expected to arrive and depart.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will not commit to replacing Interislander’s ageing fleet by 2026 which is when the now cancelled mega ferries were due to.
Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will reportedly meet China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing early next month, an unprecedented event that would come weeks before the island inaugurates a new leader.