Air Tahiti Nui's first Dreamliner has landed in Auckland marking a new phase for the airline.
The aircraft landed just before 1.30pm and is the first of four Dreamliners to enter its fleet coinciding with Air Tahiti Nui's 20th anniversary this year.
The 787-9 which arrived today has been named Fakarava after the atoll in French Polynesia's Tuamotu Islands, which boasts a lagoon with similar shades of blue to the aircraft's paint job.
President of French Polynesia Eduard Fritch was on the inaugural flight and said he hoped the new plane would generate more traffic between New Zealand and Tahiti.
''But in order to do so the the Air Tahiti executive and commercial crew will have to do some hard work in order to seduce more passengers on to our flights.''