Plane
Electric seaglider pitched to change transport by 2025
They look a bit like something out of Thunderbirds - zero carbon electric passenger seagliders.
And the ambition is to have them winging their way across New Zealand in less than three years on the… Video, Audio
'The Crate Escape' stowaway looking for lost accomplices
Over 55 years ago, Welshman Brian Robson mailed himself to London from Australia in a crate, with the help of a couple of friends he would eventually lose touch with. Now, he wants to find those… Audio
Kiwis' Italian honeymoon from hell ends in self-isolation
Therese Mitchell has just touched down in Auckland after a harrowing experience in Italy as part of a New Zealand tour group. She is about to return home to Christchurch, where she will be… Audio
Captain Kevin Sullivan: Dealing with the trauma of infamous flight QF72
Captain Kevin 'Sully' Sullivan was in at the controls of flight QF72 when it suddenly, twice, nosedived sharply towards the Indian Ocean. He explains to Jim how those dreadful events led to the end of… Audio
Air NZ hopes new planes will pave the way for Akl-NY flights
Passengers could be able to travel non-stop from Auckland to New York when Air New Zealand takes delivery of its new Boeing Dreamliners, valued at more than $4 billion. Video, Audio
Kevin Campbell: 30th anniversary of Flight 811 disaster
It's been 30 years since United Airlines flight 811's cargo door failed blew off the aircraft mid-air killing New Zealander Lee Campbell. His father Kevin speaks to Jim about Lee and their work to… Audio
Nine feared dead after military plane crash in US
Nine people are feared dead after a military cargo plane crashed in the US state of Georgia, officials say.
NZer killed 'fence surfing' jet blast at Caribbean beach
A New Zealand woman dies in the Caribbean after a jet engine blast knocks her to the ground. The 57 year old, whose identity isn't yet known, was doing what's known locally as fence surfing when… Audio
Fifty-four years on, searchers still seek downed Dragonfly
Nearly fifty-four years after a plane went missing between Christchurch and Milford Sound two groups are still searching for it, on either side of the South Island. Audio