- by foxnews
- 11 Sep 2025
Call it cliché, call it a bit cheesy, but it’s cheese rolls all around as Air New Zealand celebrates five years since launching its longest domestic jet service, connecting Invercargill and Auckland.
Despite brief pauses in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service triumphantly returned in December 2021 and currently operates five direct return services a week.
Great South Regional Economic Development Agency Chief Executive Chami Abeysinghe says the Auckland jet service has been transformational in connecting Murihiku Southland to the world.
Recent excavations in the Turkish ruins of Laodicea reveal unique pentagonal Roman council hall with Christian etchings. The hall dates back some 2,000 years.
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