An ANZ Air New Zealand Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration ZK-MVA performing flight NZ-5077 from Auckland to Nelson (New Zealand), was enroute at FL160 about 140nm southsouthwest of Auckland when the crew needed to shut one of the engines (PW127M) down and decided to return to Auckland. The aircraft drifted down to 13,000 feet and landed safely back on Auckland's runway 23L about 90 minutes after departure.

The rotation NZ-5077/NZ-5530 was cancelled.

The airport reported emergency services were called in for an engine shutdown.

The airline reported an engineering issue.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 20 hours after landing back.


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