{"id":3142,"date":"2023-02-26T09:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T09:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2023-02-26T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T09:40:56","slug":"air-new-zealand-conducts-first-flight-entirely-in-maori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=3142","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand Conducts First Flight Entirely In M\u0101ori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air New Zealand has operated its first flight entirely in te reo M\u0101ori, one of New Zealand&#8217;s three recognized languages (the others being English and New Zealand sign language). NZ1236, a particular charter flight on the airline&#8217;s Airbus A320, took off from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington\/WLG) to T\u0101maki Makaurau (Auckland\/AKL) on February 20.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Co3dyHQjHoC\" class=\"w-rich w-instagram\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Co3dyHQjHoC\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=822&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsimpleflying.com&amp;rp=%2Fair-new-zealand-first-flight-maori%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A29985.5%7D\" height=\"1280\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The charter flight onboard ZK-OXK, a seven-year-old A320, was ferrying passengers to Te Matatini, described as the Kapa Haka Olympics, last held before the pandemic. NZ1236 departed from Wellington International Airport (WLG) 23 minutes behind schedule at 15:08 before touching down at Auckland International (AKL) at 15:53, a flight time of 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"all-in-te-reo-m-ori\">All in te reo M\u0101ori<\/h2>\n<p>Everything except the airline&#8217;s safety briefing was spoken in te reo M\u0101ori. Waiata (song) was heard across the terminal at check-in, the boarding area, and even in flight. A traveler had the idea to bring his guitar onboard, and then the crew serenaded passengers with song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img image-expandable img-article-item\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 630.737px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer;\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg\" data-img-desc=\"&quot;Source: &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flightradar24.com\\\/data\\\/flights\\\/nz1236#2f42c8d7\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;noopener noreferrer\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Flightradar24.com&lt;\\\/a&gt;&quot;\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1500&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"1500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1500&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><img class=\" lazyloaded\" alt=\"NZ1236 WLG AKL\" width=\"1220\" height=\"1026\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nz1236-wlg-akl.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-description\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/data\/flights\/nz1236#2f42c8d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flightradar24.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Air New Zealand M\u0101ori development lead Tupara Morrison noted that he would like to see te reo M\u0101ori grow in the future. In 2018, only 4% of New Zealand&#8217;s population was fluent in the language. However, Morrison expects to see knowledge of te reo expand more within the Air New Zealand culture:<\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-pullquote\">\n<div id=\"custom_block_8\" class=\"emaki-custom pullquote\">\n<p>&#8220;What you see through our cabin crew, through our front of house staff &#8230; we do want to extend that through the entire airline and that&#8217;s the challenge we have ahead of us. But there&#8217;s lots of encouragement from our leadership, from our board to ensure that te reo M\u0101ori is really promoted and becomes a normal part for the airline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad-odd\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"two-teams-onboard\">Two teams onboard<\/h2>\n<p>One hundred seventy-one passengers were ferried to Auckland for Te Matatini, including two teams, Ng\u0101 Taonga Mai Tawhiti, and Ng\u0101 Uri Taniwha, and multiple competition judges and emcees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img image-expandable img-article-item\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png\" data-img-desc=\"&quot;Photo: Queenstown Airport Newsroom&quot;\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1500&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"1500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1500&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\" \/><img class=\" lazyloaded\" alt=\"Air New Zealand A320 Queenstown Airport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Air-New-Zealand-A320-Queenstown-Airport.png\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-description\">Photo: Queenstown Airport Newsroom<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As reported by Radio New Zealand, the Chairman of Te Matatina Herewini Parata commented on the remarkable initiative, hoping to see flights in te reo M\u0101ori expand to other regions in the future:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He timatatanga t\u0113nei. T\u0101 t\u0101tau mahi kia wh\u0101ia a tua atu, ehara i te mea e hiahia ana kia p\u0113nei katoa i ng\u0101 w\u0101 katoa. Engari ko wai e kite, ko wai ka hua ko wai ka tohu, t\u0113n\u0101 pea ka taea \u0113nei \u0101huatanga m\u014d ng\u0101 kapa haka katoa o te motu.<\/p>\n<p>(This is a start. Our job is to ensure that it continues happening, although this isn&#8217;t something that will happen all the time. But who can say, perhaps it can expand to all the kapa haka across the country.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ad-even\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-kapa-haka\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newzealand.com\/int\/feature\/kapa-haka-maori-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newzealand.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/travel\/te-matatini-air-new-zealand-goes-full-te-reo-for-flight-to-kapa-haka-olympics-in-auckland\/DAAYDW64HJARXNKP3GNNMAS6QM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand Herald<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/484548\/air-new-zealand-conducts-first-flight-in-te-reo-maori\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio New Zealand<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/pou-tiaki\/131278893\/air-new-zealand-flies-first-journey-dedicated-to-te-reo-mori\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuff.co.nz<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air New Zealand has operated its first flight entirely in te reo M\u0101ori, one of New Zealand&#8217;s three recognized languages (the others being English and New Zealand sign language). NZ1236, a particular charter flight on the airline&#8217;s Airbus A320, took off from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington\/WLG) to T\u0101maki Makaurau (Auckland\/AKL) on February 20. 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