Another Air NZ route oddity
I have flown every regularly scheduled route in the Air NZ network, bar one. There is one domestic flight which is unique in that it only operates once per week in each direction. This flight has been around for a few months. I'm not sure if it will continue, but since it looks a fun flight with close up views of the rugged hill country up the Whanganui River valley and the volcanoes and plateaux of the central North Islands, so I decided to book it.
The flight is Wanganui to Taupo, and it is a continuation of the Wellington to Wanganui flight. The schedule forces an overnight stop in Taupo (after Wanganui to Taupo or before Taupo to Wanganui).
From Auckland I had a choice of taking a flight to Wanganui to connect, but this left little room for error (eg poor weather) or taking a flight to Wellington to connect (with many more options).