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So far, passengers have donated 90,000 ‘Airpoints Dollars’ to KidsCan, 60,000 to New Zealand Red Cross and 100,000 to Women's Refuge.
The decision is a result of bickering between political parties in New Zealand, with only the Greens and Labour supporting the project.
The 268 services between 6-19 July include 14 return services between Wellington-Nelson and 13 services between Christchurch-Invercargill.
The airline will offer more capacity on its Auckland-Queenstown route during the July school holidays than it did last year, in a sign demand is returning quicker than expected.
Before the pandemic, the airline flew seven times per week to the Chinese city, but it was the very first to be axed as the pandemic spread.
Air New Zealand has 15,000 food items, including cookies, bliss balls, fudge, crackers and muesli, to a South Auckland food bank, in the airline’s latest good deed during the coronavirus crisis.
