I was most excited to be flying home from Los Angeles on the second flight of Air New Zealand's brand new Boeing 777-300ER. I had read glowing reviews of first, business and even cattle class.

New Zealand has placed third in the Top Country category of UK magazine Wanderlust's Travel Awards.

Air New Zealand showed its dedication to the national rugby team by painting its newest plane all black.

Asian budget carriers are increasingly using social networks without resorting to print advertising, industry chiefs say.

You may have noticed that over the holiday period Air New Zealand finally took delivery of the first of its five Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

Air New Zealand shares fell after the company paid A$145 million for a 14.9pc stake in new trans-Tasman partner Virgin Blue.

Air New Zealand is taking its relationship with Virgin Blue up a notch, saying it has become a substantial shareholder in the Australian-based airline.

We need to think more about partially privatising state owned assets, argue Susan Watson and Chye-Ching Huang, from the University of Auckland's Business School.