Jake Nelson

The 23-year-old, fitness influencer Preslie Ginoski, fronted court on Wednesday after previously using his position to enter a restricted area and record video of himself posing shirtless inside the turbine of a parked aircraft, then uploading the footage to the internet. He has been fined $2,400 after pleading guilty to two charges.

Tracklaying on the transport link, which will incorporate 106.8 kilometres of rail line and 76,285 sleepers, began north of a new metro bridge over what will be the M12 motorway and is proceeding towards the line’s terminus at St Marys.

Sources have told The Australian and The Austr that the airline, owned by US financier Bain Capital, and its executives have been meeting with potential investors, while the group has also been restructured in new filings as a public company.

The fees have been at the centre of a row between Auckland Airport and its airline customers, with the airport arguing that upcoming price hikes are necessary to fund the NZ$3.9 billion integration of its domestic and international terminals.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said a Coalition government would take $2.2 billion pledged to the SRL, which he labelled a “cruel hoax” that will “never be delivered”, as well as $2 billion for upgrades to Sunshine Station, and tip $1.5 billion into the long-delayed airport rail.

Wombat Groundways, the brainchild of maverick businessman Mark Supial, has announced it will launch services using leased jets on the “Golden Triangle” from 2026. Uniquely, rather than flying, the carrier will drive its aircraft entirely on the ground using existing roadway infrastructure.