Ko Air New Zealand te kaiwhakaweherangi hōia hōia ake o Aotearoa. I whakatūtia i te tau 1940, ā, kei Tamaki-makau-rau āna tūranga. Whakahaerehia e te waka rererangi he rōpū o ngā waka hōu, ā, he whakaratonga rererangi tātaki (ao, haumi-harakeke, Āhia, Amerika-ki-te-aki, Amerika-whānui, me Te Uropi)tōna arau. Kia mōhio ana i te whakarato a Air New Zealand i te ratonga whakahoahoa, te whakapuare atu i roto i te waka, me ngā whakaratonga tino whakawhiwhi toenga. He mema te Air New Zealand o te Whakawhanaunga o Star, ā, ka whakaae ngā kaiparirau ki te whiwhi me te whakaputanga i ngā puta whakararuraru whakatere i roto i tētahi whatunga waka hoa.