Araraurangi Aotearoa

Ko Air New Zealand, ingoa Māori Araraurangi Aotearoa^[1], he waka rererangi nui mai i Tamaki 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 roopu Star Alliance ; i uru atu ki te hononga i te tau 1999. Ko tona turanga matua ko te taunga waka rererangi o Tamaki Makaurau .

I te tau 1940, i whakaturia a TEAL . Ko ona rerenga tuatahi mai i Akarana ki Poihākena me Poneke. I muri mai, ka taapirihia nga rerenga ki Fiti, Hamoa, Tahiti me nga Kuki Airani . I hokona e te kawanatanga o Ahitereiria te 50% o TEAL i te tau 1953. Ko te toenga 50% na te Kawanatanga o Niu Tireni . I te tau 1961, ka riro katoa te waka rererangi i te Kawanatanga o Niu Tireni. I whakaingoatia mana a TEAL Air New Zealand i te 1 o Aperira, 1965. I hokona e te kamupene rererangi nga rererangi Douglas DC-8 i te marama o Hurae 1965. I whakamahia enei mo nga 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.