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Airport at Christmas time: Where are you heading?

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Airport at Christmas time: Are you departing or arriving?

Airport at Christmas time: Are you departing or arriving?

The Rotorua Daily Post caught up with people at Rotorua Airport yesterday to see where they were heading for Christmas.

We're going down to Wellington, well Upper Hutt, to see family for Christmas.

ANGUS ROSS
ANGUS ROSS

ANGUS ROSS, 48

Otonga

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We are going to Whakatane and Ohope to spend time with my mother-in-law for Christmas.

JACQUIE KEAN
JACQUIE KEAN

JACQUIE KEAN, 45

Whakatane

We're waiting for my girls' father to come home for Christmas.

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MARIE ALDCLOFT
MARIE ALDCLOFT

MARIE ALDCLOFT, 57

Fairy Springs

We're going to Wellington for Christmas, with sisters and sisters-in-law and all of the nephews.

NEIL ROSS
NEIL ROSS

NEIL ROSS, 60s

Otonga

We're picking up my brother; he's coming up from Wellington for a family Christmas.

CAROLYN HICKS
CAROLYN HICKS

CAROLYN HICKS, 40s

Hillcrest

Coming to my daughter's place, to spend Christmas with just one large lot of my family.

AILEEN WANSBROUGH
AILEEN WANSBROUGH

AILEEN WANSBROUGH, 92

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Ngongotaha

We're just sending our grandson Reed back home, but we're driving down to Wellington

BRIAN WILLIAMS
BRIAN WILLIAMS

tomorrow to spend Christmas with him.

BRIAN WILLIAMS, 60s

Springfield

I've come up from Dunedin, I accidentally missed my earlier flight, but I'm coming to spend Christmas in the Mount with my family.

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DEINDA STANWAY
DEINDA STANWAY

DEINDA STANWAY, 26

Tauranga

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