Auckland Airport today announced its half-year results. In spite of challenging trading conditions, Auckland Airport maintained a firm strategic focus on driving growth initiatives over the half-year.

Popular TV3 personality, and M2 Woman of the Year, Samantha Hayes, has been confirmed as the host for the Emerging Designer Awards on Thursday 11 March. Crowd favourites and dynamic duo Carol Hirschfeld and John Campbell will return to host the iD Fashion show on Saturday, 13 March.

Qantas and Tourism Australia will launch three cooperative marketing campaigns throughout Asia in 2010 aimed at attracting visitors from across the region.

Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland's short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has taken out the top prize at Flickerfest 2010 19th International Short Film Festival in Australia which qualifies the film for consideration for the 2011 Academy® Awards.

Wellington, Dec 30 NZPA - The woman swept away while riding her horse in a Wairarapa river has been named as award-winning journalist Helen Louise Bain.

Ms Bain, 38, was Forest & Bird's communications manager.

TVNZ News has been able to add the most prestigious prize in sports journalism to a record haul of honours in 2009.

Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland's New Zealand short film THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN has been chosen to screen in competition at the acclaimed 26th Sundance Film Festival, held in and around Park City in Utah each January.

Mike Pero readily admits that the best possible outcome from his proposed Antarctic flight has been accomplished.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - A memorial trip to the crash site of the 1979 Mt Erebus air disaster has been postponed tonight after strong winds prevented helicopters from landing.

Six people whose family members died in the crash landed in Antarctica this afternoon.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - Six people whose family members died in the 1979 Mt Erebus air disaster landed in Antarctica this afternoon.