Trans-Tasman

• A trans-Tasman flight is a flight between Australia and New Zealand.
• The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement is an agreement between Australia and New Zealand allowing their citizens free movement between the two countries.
• The Trans-Tasman Trophy is a Test cricket trophy.

  Trans-Tasman events

• 18 February 1876 - The first trans-Tasman submarine communications cable is completed, allowing telegraph communications with the rest of the world.
• 3 February 1908 - first trans-Tasman radio transmission.
• 10 January 1928 - Moncrieff and Hood vanish without trace during the first trans-Tasman flight attempt.
• 10 September 1928 - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his three-man crew complete the first successful trans-Tasman flight.
• 7 January 1931 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• 1969. Anders Svedlund attempted a Crossing from New Zealand to Australia, however he was over-turned five days after leaving from Auckland's Manukau Harbour and returned to New Zealand.
• 1977 - Colin Quincey, an England-born New Zealander, made the first successful human-powered trans-Tasman crossing. He took 63 days 7 hours to row his Yorkshire Dory row-boat from Hokianga, New Zealand to Marcus Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Australia.
• 30 December 2007 - Four Australians, led by Steven Gates, departed from Hokianga, New Zealand on 29 November. They arrived in Sydney Harbour on 30 December at 8:15 am, having taken 31 days to make the crossing.
• 13 January 2008 - crossing of the Tasman by kayak completed; expedition named Crossing the Ditch.
• March 2010 - Shaun Quincey completed the solo row from Australia to New Zealand in March 2010. Shaun is the son of Colin Quincey, who completed the reverse journey in 1977.
• July 2018 - Scott Donaldson completes the first kayak solo row from Coffs Harbour, Australia to New Plymouth, New Zealand.