Araraurangi Aotearoa

Ko Air New Zealand, ingoa Māori Araraurangi Aotearoa^[1], he waka rererangi nui mai i Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa . Ka rere te nuinga ki Australasia me Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, engari he ratonga hoki ki Uropi, Amerika-ki-te-Raki me Āhia . He mema o te rōpū Star Alliance ; i uru atu ki te hononga i te tau 1999. Ko tana tūranga matua ko te taunga waka rererangi o Tāmaki Makaurau .

I te tau 1940, i whakatūria a TEAL . Ko ona rerenga tuatahi mai i Ākarana ki Poihākena me Pōneke. I muri mai, ka tāpirihia ngā rerenga ki Fiti, Hāmoa, Tahiti me ngā Kuki Airani . I hokona e te kāwanatanga o Ahitereiria te 50% o TEAL i te tau 1953. Ko te toenga 50% nā te Kāwanatanga o Niu Tireni . I te tau 1961, ka riro katoa te waka rererangi i te Kāwanatanga o Niu Tireni. I whakaingoatia māna a TEAL Air New Zealand i te 1 o Aperira, 1965. I hokona e te kamupene rererangi ngā rererangi Douglas DC-8 i te marama o Hūrae 1965. I whakamahia ēnei mō ngā huarahi roa ki Honolulu me Los Angeles . I hokona mai he Boeing 747 nui ake i te tau 1981. I hokona e Air New Zealand a Ansett Australia i te tau 2000. I muri mai ka mutu te mahi a Ansett.