Domestic and international travellers are facing an anxious Christmas Eve with some flight delays. A flight to Palmerston North was cancelled, while a flight to Christchurch has been delayed three hours until 7.15pm today. "Jetstar have flight delays today of all days, making holiday-goers late between Wellington and Auckland, people are missing connections to other flights and buses and having to get very expensive flights on Air New Zealand. "It looks like we will miss the special Christmas Eve time hanging the stockings with our two grandchildren." An Air New Zealand flight from Adelaide had been rescheduled, as had a flight from Incheon in Korea.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 24, 2017 04:30 UTC