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Wellington bus service suspended after a bus driver was attack
Go Wellington has suspended late night services at the Lyall Bay
terminus after a bus driver was attacked and his cash box stolen on
Tuesday
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AirNZ says it won't raise its prices, in spite of the disruptions
Air NZ says it has no intention of raising its prices, in
spite of the disruption and costs caused by the volcanic ash
cloud
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European skies open but airline schedules scrambled
Europe's skies were open for business on Thursday (NZT), but
with so many planes having been grounded by the volcanic ash from
Iceland, it could take days or even weeks to clear the backlog
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Hefty insurance claims expected as stranded travellers return
Air New Zealand says the disruption caused by the Icelandic
volcanic ash cloud in Europe has the cost the company around $2.5
million
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Ash cloud leads to spike in airport hotel rates
Some European airport hotels have raised rates sharply in the
last week - in some cases doubling them - as a volcanic ash cloud
from Iceland left flyers stranded and created a crush of desperate
customers
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Immigration waives fees to those stranded by volcano
Immigration New Zealand will waive fees for people who have had
to apply for permits to remain in New Zealand because of flight
delays following volcanic activity in Europe
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Multiple unknowns cloud volcano impact predictions
Policymakers and markets trying to react to the volcanic gas
cloud paralysing air travel in Europe face a host of variables,
unknowns and hard-to-measure risks that make modelling almost
impossible
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Few European flights resume as new ash cloud disrupts
Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume under a
deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a
cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano
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Relief may be on the way for stranded passengers
Relief could be on the way for millions of stranded travellers
around the world, including thousands of Kiwis trapped overseas,
desperately trying to get home
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Hopes flights to resume to Europe may be dashed
Hopes that planes will resume flying in and out of London on
Tuesday night may be dashed
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UK to partly reopen airspace, new ash cloud looms
The ash cloud from Iceland's volcanic eruption is brushing up
against Canada's Eastern seaboard, while most of Europe plans to
partly reopen airspace today
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Kiwis, Aussies go to Gallipoli for different reasons
For Australians, the pilgrimage to Galipolli is about
national identity and patriotism, whereas for New Zealanders, it is
about remembering the dead
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Stranded travellers may be stuck in NZ 'til May due to ash cloud
Some travellers may be stranded in New Zealand until the
middle of May as airlines face a tough task clearing the backlog of
cancelled flights
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The (extra) long road to London
Taking a taxi from Frankfurt to London sounds ridiculous right?
That's exactly what former ONE News Reporter Abby Scott did when
she found herself in the middle of the flights chaos hitting
European skies
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Air NZ says cancel or defer trips to Europe
The extended stopover for tourists stranded in Auckland due to
the European airspace lockdown is being made more bearable thanks
to the generosity of locals
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Test flights carried out through volcanic ash, no damage
Dutch and German airlines carried out test flights over Europe on Sunday and said their planes appeared undamaged by a volcanic ash cloud that has forced airports to close across the continent
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Growing frustration for Kiwi travellers as flight ban drags on
The frustration is likely to continue for passengers flying from New Zealand to England and Europe in the next day or two with little sign of the air space ban being lifted
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Europe travel chaos deepens as volcanic ash spreads
Europe's air travel chaos deepened on Sunday as a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread southeast across the continent, halting more than three in four flights and stranding tens of thousands of passengers worldwide
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Costly repercussions for travellers as volcanic ash cloud spreads
Travel frustrations continue for New Zealanders trying to get to
Europe as an ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland continues to halt
flights
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Ash stops Governor General from attending funeral in Poland
New Zealand's governor general has been forced to abandon
attempts to attend the state funeral of the president of Poland
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