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![Air NZ's Hobbit plane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ's Hobbit plane
Air New Zealand has launched a new Hobbit-themed aircraft in celebration of the much anticipated release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
![Higher excess baggage fees kick in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Higher excess baggage fees kick in
Air New Zealand customers will be stung with higher excess baggage fees from next week, with the cost of an extra bag on domestic flights set to double.
![Air NZ offers free flights to Chch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ offers free flights to Chch
Air New Zealand is offering free flights to Christchurch as the battle for the cheapest airfares reaches its nadir.
![Independence key to IT fix-it firm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Independence key to IT fix-it firm
Industry veterans rely on selling their expertise, not hardware or software.
![Crash pilots ignored warning alerts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Crash pilots ignored warning alerts
Findings in an inquiry into an Air Nelson plane that skidded along a runway on its nose landing gear doors have been dismissed by the airline.
![Air NZ's high-flying Hobbits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ's high-flying Hobbits
Hobbit director Sir Peter Jackson stars in the latest Air New Zealand inflight safety video - An Unexpected Briefing.
![Marlborough fails to see funny side of Air NZ's 'Beastheim'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Marlborough fails to see funny side of Air NZ's 'Beastheim'
Air New Zealand's Halloween renaming of Blenheim as Beastheim on its grabaseat website hit a bum note with the town's mayor.
![Air NZ gets the keys to new plane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ gets the keys to new plane
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of the first of its new ATR 72-600 regional aircraft.
![MPs criticise Air NZ cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
MPs criticise Air NZ cuts
Air New Zealand is under fire for its decision to scratch 16 flights a week in and out of Gisborne from December 1.
![Air force 'endangered lives'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air force 'endangered lives'
The air force breached aviation standards by placing dangerous chemical canisters on an Air NZ passenger flight - and then told no one about it, says the CAA.
![Air NZ's $29 late night flights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ's $29 late night flights
Air New Zealand is launching a new Night Rider service with every seat on the last flight of the day between Auckland and Wellington available for $29.
![Anzac crash fallout to be probed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Anzac crash fallout to be probed
Inquiries to examine safety changes made after fatal incident as well as state failures to investigate accident.
![Air NZ flight helps find yachtie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air NZ flight helps find yachtie
An Air NZ flight was one of two planes which helped in the search for a yachtsman who got into trouble en route to New Zealand.
![Air force owns up to safety failures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air force owns up to safety failures
The air force has shipped dangerous goods on civilian flights at least eight times - including one "seriously endangering" the lives of all on an Air NZ flight to Canada.
![Air force put up to 379 lives at risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Air force put up to 379 lives at risk
The Air New Zealand plane seriously endangered by bad air force safety practices was a Boeing jetliner which carries up to 379 passengers and crew, it emerged last night.
![Bruce Wills: Rural life and culture set us apart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Bruce Wills: Rural life and culture set us apart
By banning promotional imagery of Maori and country scenes, Tourism NZ is denying our global uniqueness.
![Flight had illegal cargo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Flight had illegal cargo
A report says an illegal error by the Air Force seriously endangered the lives of all on board an Air New Zealand international flight.
![Airlines increase capacity to US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Airlines increase capacity to US
Strong demand on US routes has led Air New Zealand to add flights from next year and convinced Hawaiian Airlines to use a bigger plane, even before it's started services.