Auckland Airport in January 2025.

Auckland’s nine tonnes of lost airport luggage finding its way to new homes

18.5 million travellers through Auckland airport left nine tonnes of luggage behind them. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI New Zealand’s biggest airport is proving to be a wonderful source for reuseable goods – nine tonnes of it by last year’s reckoning. In 2024, 18.5 million domestic and overseas travellers passed through Auckland International Airport. They left behind…