Numerous reports from travellers into the USA have confirmed that the new security measures include random body searches and bans on the use of electronic devices.

Air New Zealand is trialling a new direct service between Sydney and Rarotonga next year.

One of the perks of being a tech journalist living in a small country at the very ends of the earth is that I occasionally get to hop aboard a plane and travel to somewhere to write about gadgets.

A personal grievance case brought by eight Air NZ pilots, removed from captaining Boeing 747-400s after their 60th birthdays, is set to be heard.

Businessman Mike Pero says he feels like he is being persecuted for trying to help the Erebus crash victims' families travel to Antarctica for January's 30 year anniversary.

Concerns over Mike Pero's planned Erebus charter flight have forced the businessman to reconsider going ahead with the trip.

The daughter of one of the Erebus disaster victims has criticised Mike Pero's charter flight to the crash site as in "poor taste".

Mike Pero says John Key gave him no negative feedback about his plan for a charter flight for families of Erebus victims, but the prime minister says details of the flight were not discussed.