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Flights from Iraq reopen

Volcano gas emissions less than from affected planes

Athletics: Kiwi dodges ash delays

<i>Editorial</i>: Mother Nature shows us that she's still the boss

VC hero returns from the war ... business class

Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

Large crowd greets first UK flight

The first flight back from London after disruptions from volcanic ash has landed at Auckland airport.

150,000 pour through UK departure lounges

The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.

Joy for travellers as flights resume

Mission impossible: Escape from Europe

Stranded travellers are piling into buses, trains and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission: Escape from Europe.

Flight disruptions put flu vaccines at risk

Air NZ skirts $3b ash fallout

The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.

Mountain has long and hot history

Travellers staring at two-week wait

NZ passengers trying to fly to Europe are expected to be stranded here for at least two weeks.

Trio part of rare brotherhood

Brought down to earth

The impact of Iceland's erupting volcano should make us ponder the very nature of how we have organised the way we live now, writes Hamish McRae.

Homesick and out of money