‘E rarua ana’: Ka whakakore a Araraurangi Aotearoa i te rerenga Pōneke-Waihōpai

Monday, 30 September 2024

Air New Zealand has scrapped its flights between Invercargill and Wellington.

Ka whakakorengia e Araraurangi Aotearoa tana ratonga Waihōpai ki Pōneke.

A muri i te Hānuere 19, 2025, ka matea ngā pāhihi nō Te Taurapa o te Waka kia whakawhiti mā Otautahi ki Pōneke.

E ai ki te umanga ko ngā raru mīhini me te hekenga o te hiahia o ngā pāhihi ngā pūtake.

Ā kō kō ake nei kia iti iho ngā kōwhiringa ō Te Taurapa o te Waka ki te haere ki Te Ika a Māui mā tā Araraurangi Aotearoa whakakore i tana ratonga Waihōpai ki Pōneke.

Those in the deep south will soon have fewer options to get to the North Island as Air New Zealand pulls the pin on its Invercargill to Wellington service.

Ka mutua ngā rerenga i te Hānuere 19, 2025, e ai ki te umanga.

The flights will stop from January 19, 2025, the airline has announced.

Read this story in English here.

Hei tā te kaiwhakahaere ā-motu o Araraurangi Aotearoa, hei tā Scott Carr, i takea mai te whakatau i runga i ngā raru whakatika mīhini ā-ao e aukati ana i ngā waka rererangi, me te hekenga o te hiahia o ngā pāhihi ā-motu.

Air New Zealand general manager domestic Scott Carr said the decision has come down to global engine maintenance issues putting aircraft out of service, coupled with a softening of demand domestically.

“Nō konei, kua mate tā mātou whakatau uaua ki te whakakore i te ratonga tōtika i waenga i Waihōpai me Pōneke a muri i te Hānuere 19, 2025.”

“As a result, we have had to make the tough decision to no longer operate the direct Invercargill to Wellington service from 19 January 2025.

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“Ka taea tonu e ngā kiritaki te rere ki Pōneke mā Otautahi kē. Ka tāpirihia e mātou he rerenga hou i waenga Otautahi me Waihōpai e whai wāhi ai te katoa o ngā pāhihi.”

Kevin Yakas is Air New Zealand’s longest serving flight attendant.

“Customers will still be able to fly to Wellington via Christchurch. We will be adding additional flights between Christchurch and Invercargill to ensure there is sufficient capacity.“

Ka whakaritea anō ngā tono o ērā i tono kē, e ai ki te umanga.

Those who are already booked to travel will be re-accommodated, the airline said.

“E mōhio ana mātou tērā pea he raru tēnei panoni mō ētahi, engari e hiahiatia ana kia whakamanawa ki ō mātou kiritaki e kaha tonu ana mātou kia whakahono i Waihōpai ki tō mātou punaha whānui mā ngā ratonga tōtika o Otautahi me Tāmaki Makaurau.”

“We know this change may cause inconvenience for some, but we want to assure our customers that we remain committed to connecting Invercargill to our wider network via the direct Christchurch and Auckland services.”

Hei tā Carr he nui rawa te whakaaro me te whakariterite mō ana ratonga punaha e tautoko tika ai ngā hapori, i runga anō i te hiahia mō te toitū ahumoni hoki.

Carr said a significant amount of care and planning goes into ensuring its domestic network services communities as well as possible, while also ensure its operations are financially sustainable.

I tēnei wā ka rerea e Araraurangi Aotearoa kia rua ngā rerenga i ia rangi i waenganui i Waihōpai me Pōneke, i te Mane ki te Paraire. Ka rerea e ia mai Wāihōpai i te ata Hātarei, ā, ka hoki mai i Pōneke i te ahiahi Rātapu.

Air New Zealand currently flies two flights a day between Invercargill and the capital Monday to Friday. It flies from Invercargill on a Saturday morning and with a return flight from Wellington on Sunday evening.

I tērā marama i whakanuia e te umanga ōna tau e rima o ngā rerenga tōtika i waenganui i Waihōpai me Tāmaki.

Last month the airline celebrated five years of direct flights between Invercargill and Auckland.

– This story was translated by Stuff kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell.

This is a Public Interest Journalism-funded translation through NZ On Air