Covid 19 coronavirus: Flights to Australia from Christchurch under way
18 Apr, 2021 09:15 PM
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Travellers waiting to board flights to Australia from Christchurch. Photo / George Heard
Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz
Excited travellers are gathering at Christchurch Airport ready to embark on the first quarantine-free international flights from the city in more than a year.
Six return flights to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney follow the transtasman bubble opening at 11.59 last night.
Departures from Christchurch were due to take off at about 10am, and arrivals are expected to land just before 2.30pm.
Chief aeronautical officer Justin Watson said it is a return to travel as it used to be - with a few extra checks.
Australian project striving to find subjects of lost Japanese photos
April 19, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This undated photo digitized by Mayu Kanamori shows a group of young adults posing in front of a bus, likely at the Daiei Film Studio in Kyoto. (Photo courtesy of Untitled.Showa/Kyodo) SYDNEY (Kyodo) In 2015, when Japanese-Australian artist Mayu Kanamori came across hundreds of old, black-and-white photos of Japanese people, taken in Japan, at a flea market in regional Australia she felt drawn to them, but also conflicted. How did these photos of families posing with newborn babies, brides in traditional wedding kimono and children on school excursions end up in Australia? And why were they for sale?
Transtasman bubble: What it s like to fly to Australia
19 Apr, 2021 01:42 AM
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19-year-old Levi Teen had an emotional morning as he travelled to Australia to see his immediate family for the first time in a year.
Video / Juliette Sivertsen
19-year-old Levi Teen had an emotional morning as he travelled to Australia to see his immediate family for the first time in a year.
Video / Juliette Sivertsen The first of my four alarms was set for 2.35am. Panicked I would oversleep and miss my flight, I added a fifth alarm at 3am just to be safe. How much time do I need
EU ministers meet to discuss Navalny crisis, US warns Russia of consequences
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19/04/2021 - 09:01 Alexei Navalny started refusing food on 31 March, in protest at what he said was a lack of proper medical treatment in prison for severe back pain and numbness in his legs. Handout Moscow s Babushkinsky district court press service/AFP/File 5 min EU foreign ministers are set to hold a virtual meeting on Monday, to consider the situation of hunger-striker dissident Alexei Navalny. Washington has warned Moscow of consequences if the Kremlin critic dies in prison. Tensions continue to soar over a Russian military build-up on the border with Ukraine.
Market close: Tilt takeover offer and transtasman bubble joy lift NZ sharemarket
19 Apr, 2021 05:40 AM
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Auckland International Airport climbed 35c or 4.74 per cent to $7.73 as re-opening stocks benefited from the first day of the transtasman bubble. Photo / Michael Craig
Auckland International Airport climbed 35c or 4.74 per cent to $7.73 as re-opening stocks benefited from the first day of the transtasman bubble. Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
Auckland International Airport took a hike on the first day of the transtasman travel bubble, and a new takeover offer for Tilt Renewables also added some spice to the New Zealand sharemarket.