Emotions raw over Erebus trip

Havelock North resident Don Wood will pack his bags for Antarctica next week in a long-overdue tribute to his parents.
Mr Wood is among 104 family members of those lost in the Erebus disaster who are taking part in a memorial flight to Scott Base.
"I think it will be very, very emotional for lots of people, including myself," Mr Wood said.
Mr Wood's parents, Irvine and Barbara Wood, died when flight TE901 crashed into Mount Erebus on November 28, 1979.
Their close family friends, nurses Florence Debbage and Gwen Eagles, who had treated them to the flight, were also lost.
Mr Wood said he would take a camera to record the visit for other family members who were unable to go, and may also take his father's watch, which he was wearing on the flight in 1979.
The watch stopped at the time of the crash, but briefly restarted during an interview with Hawke's Bay Today in 2009.
"It hasn't gone again since that day," he said.
An extra 24 family members have joined the flight since the original 80 names were drawn in a ballot last year.
Hastings resident Jackie Nankervis, who lost her father and uncle on Mount Erebus, said her sister was among the extra 24. Her mother would also be on the flight next week. Ms Nankervis said she was happy family members were able to go, but couldn't help being "a little bit gutted" at not being with them.
She said it was also an "eerie" feeling to have her mother and sister leaving on a flight for Antarctica.
"From that side of it I think there's going to be a few family members finding it hard to see their family members go off on a plane to Antarctica."
The Government announced in August that the Royal New Zealand Air Force would fly a Boeing 757 to Scott Base this summer, taking family representatives.
The flight leaves from Christchurch on Wednesday, with alternate weather days on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Family members will spend about five hours on the ground at Scott Base, where a memorial service will be conducted.