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Photo taken by: Judith
Route: Auckland - San Francisco, 25 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 12h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Meal: vegan - pumpkin ravioli, zucchini, lentils. A roll. A package of dried fruit. A mysterious kiwi jello-like dessert.
Drink: orange juice
Comments: I requested a vegetarian meal, but I found out from the flight attendant (midway through the flight, when they served the first meals) that my veggie meal went on the AKL > LAX flight instead. So, I had this vegan meal. It was still quite palatable, except for the nasty jello dessert.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Judith
Route: San Francisco - Auckland, 8 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 12h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Meal: Vegetarian - First meal (Early Dinner): Veggie pattie with mashed potatoes and grilled zucchini. Cup of red grapes, a roll, and Carr's water crackers with margarine.

Second meal (late night snack): Spinach wrapped in Eggplant, basmati rice with peas, apple sauce.
Drink: orange juice, tea
Comments: These were one of the best tasting vegetarian meals I've had on a long haul flight. The only complaint I have is for the first meal -- I envied everyone else who got cheesecake for dessert.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

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Photo taken by: Cab
Route: Auckland - Nadi, 20 Oct 2005
Ticket price: NZD$1200
Flight duration: 3h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 767-300
Meal: Dinner - Manuka poached king prawns with fennel baby curly endive, mango and dill dressing
New Zealand Lamb with horopito salt, carrot puree and snow peas.
Hotpot of New Zealand seafood, broccolini, piko piko, baby onions and walnut sauce. (9)
Gourmet ice cream dessert of Kapiti blackcurrant and blackberry and Kapiti gingernut ice-cream.
Cheese (not pictured)
Drink: Beer and Matarangi Syrah
Comments: Very good friendly service. My companion rated her meal (9) because of the delicious ice cream. Plastic knife (-1).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Cab
Route: Nadi - Auckland, 26 Oct 2005
Ticket price: NZD$1200
Flight duration: 3h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 747-400 upperdeck
Meal: Lunch - Venison and veal terrine with beetroot and horopito pickle.
New Zealand beef with brioche and kawakawa crust and ratatouille pickle.
(Ohter meal) Snapper fillet with broth of fennel, onion, fig and curried carrot jus.
Granny Smith apple tart with pohutukawa honey and vanilla syrup.
Selection of fine NZ Cheese.
Drink: Beer and Matarangi Syrah
Comments: We thought the service was poor (-1). The female flight attendant was a tad grumpy and we sensed some hostility. The other male flight attendant threw the tablecloth at us. We looked at each other surprised. My companion did not like the entree and misses her ice cream. Plastic knife (-1). But look at the steak!!! Still pink in the middle. (+2) Excellent! I haven't seen an inflight steak that well prepared for a while. But plastic knife and unfriendliness eluded that perfect score of 10.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: KK Kang
Route: Auckland - Singapore, 27 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300ER
Meal: Dinner - Slow roast lamb served with peas and grilled sweet potato. Dessert was kiwi cheesecake. Warm roll and cheese & crackers
Drink: Ginger ale and Jasmine Tea
Comments: The roast lamb was perfect. Not as fatty as I thought it would be. However, I don't the sweet potato was grilled. Nevertheless, it was sweet and smooth. A good meal the end the flight with. The kiwi cheesecake was a bit disapointing. It was just normal maked cheesecake served with kiwi sauce on top. I thought I would be cream cheesecake with kiwi in it.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: KK Kang
Route: Auckland - Singapore, 27 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300ER
Meal: Lunch - breaded chicken breat served on mash potato accompanied with french peas in tomato paste. Carrot cake, warm roll and cheese & crackers. After lunch, the was a round of ice cream service
Drink: Sprite and Jasmine tea
Comments: The chicken breast and the mash was done quite well. However I don't think french peas go well with tomato paste. The cabin crew were very much more friendlier during this flight than the one I few to Auckand. The ice cream was noramal, not any premium type.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: KK Kang
Route: Auckland - Singapore, 27 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300ER
Meal: Snack - Japanese cracker
Drink: Coke
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: KK Kang
Route: Singapore - Auckland, 10 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300ER
Meal: Breakfast - Waffles with ham, raisin roll (very good, difficult to get on other flights), strawberry yogurt
Drink: OJ and Sprite
Comments: Breakfast was served about 2 hours before arrival. A nice warm breakfast after a long flight. Waffles were done quite well, not as soggy as expected and the ham was not as oily as thought. Had a can of sprite to give a glucose boost.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: KK Kang
Route: Singapore - Auckland, 10 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300ER
Meal: Dinner - Indian Vegetarian Curry, Cheesecake is raspberry sauce, warm roll and cheese & crackers
Drink: Coke (not pictured) + Chinese Oolong tea
Comments: I was left with no choice because the beef option were taken before it reached my row (which was the second last), but the motherly stewardess promised us that the breakfast would start from us.The curry rice tasted quite nice without the heavy indian spices. The curry was smmoth but I feel that the vegetables were a bit overcooked. Overall not a too bad meal. Oh... they also serve kiwi wine onboard
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Peter Woolley
Route: Tokyo - Auckland, 25 Sep 2005
Ticket price: 500 airdollars + taxes
Flight duration: 11h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-300
Meal: Dinner - Steak with noodles, carrots and snowpeas. Lemon mousse with strawberry sauce, bread roll, cheese and crackers
Drink: A rather good Marlbourgh Pinot Noir
Comments: The best meal of I have ever had in economy class. The steak was superb, tender and cooked just the way I like it. The vegetables were just right, the dessert was declicious and the wine was very tasty. Once Air New Zealand get Private TVs on all their long-haul flights, they will have a very hard to beat economy service!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Peter Woolley
Route: Auckland - Tokyo, 16 Sep 2005
Ticket price: 500 airdollars + taxes
Flight duration: 10h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 747-400
Meal: Dinner - Beef strips with vegetables and rice. Sushi, bread roll and cheesecake
Drink: Kemblefeld Chardonnay
Comments: Third flight to Japan in 3 years and again I went for my favourite meal. The beef was lovely and tender, the vegetables and rice were great, the dessert yummy, the sushi was a little bland, but still nice. The wine selection was excellent and it was a tasty meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

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Photo taken by: Peter Woolley
Route: Auckland - Tokyo, 16 Sep 2005
Ticket price: 500 airdollars + taxes
Flight duration: 10h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 747-400
Meal: Lunch - Fish curry, rice and vegetables, bread roll, chocolate and strawberry cheesecake, crackers and cheese.
Drink: Alpha Domus Chardonnay
Comments: Again another fine meal from Air New Zealand on my flight to Japan. The fish was well seasoned and tasty. The rice and vegetables nice and moist. All good. Plus the wine selection has improved. Good to see plenty of Hawke Bay's whites on the wine list!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Roy tsai
Route: tpe - akl, 1 Aug 2005
Ticket price: staff travel
Flight duration: 13h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 767-300
Meal: dinner - main - the maian dish is fired rice wz spring onion and egg seafood and asparagus. The souce taste like sweeet and sour sauce. Dessert is japanese gerrn ten cake wz red been.
Drink: apple juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

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Photo taken by: Graeme Fyfe
Route: SYD-Christchurch, 11 Mar 2005
Ticket price: BD*G Award - about £22 pp in tax
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: A320 - Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Antipasto platter - coppa ham, mozzarella, melon and basil pesto dressing; Medallion of pork with sauteed apple, char grilled vegetables and buttered noodles; Stewed oranges with gourmet ice cream
Drink: Champagne, G&T, White Wine
Comments: Very good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Nikon


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Photo taken by: Alex Ananian-Cooper
Route: Christchurch-Auckland, date: 20 February 2005
Ticket price: Free (redemption ticket)
Flight duration: 1 hour
Aircraft type & class: 737-300 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: biscuit
Drink: Water plus choice of coffee or tea
Comments: Exactly the same on every flight. Very disappointing, though
the biscuits inside the empty coffee cup contain very tasty biscuits
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A70


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Photo taken by: www.crewtag.com
Route: BNE to AKL
date: February 4, 2005
Ticket price: -
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal:
Snacks from the Koru Lounge at Brisbane Airport
Roast beef bap (sandwich)and a coconut slice
Comments: I have always loved Air NZ's excellent cafe style food onboard, but the quantity is pretty pathetic when compared to the likes of SQ, QF or EK.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10/10 for taste; 4/10 for serving size


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Photo taken by: billy
Route: AKL-PPT, 16 Nov 2004
Ticket price: Mileage Free
Flight duration: 5.5Hr
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-300 / Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, kidney bean, Bread, Cheese, cracker
Drink: White wine(Chardonnay)
Comments: It was a condition that the taste of chicken was a little thin by which you may use the salt.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.0
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY 50


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Photo taken by: Olivia de Santis
Route: San Francisco, CA, USA to Auckland, NZ
Date: 08 December 2004
Ticket price: US$1200
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boing 747
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner (vegan), Economy
Contents of the meal: Vegetarian patty and tomato sauce with rice and steamed vegetables, cucumber salad with lemon vinaigrette dressing, wholemeal bun and margarine which contained dairy, grapes.
Comments: The patty was bland and tasteless as was the sauce. The vegetables were over-steamed. The margarine contained dairy even though this was meant to be a vegan meal. The cucumber salad was not the freshest. The grapes were ok but pretty under-ripe. The bun was as hard as a rock. Definitely not the best Air NZ meal I've ever had.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Canon 20D Digital SLR


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Photo taken by: Dominic Gardiner-Rodden
Route: HLZ - WLG , date October 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1 hr 5 min
Aircraft type & class: Saab 340A Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Drink and Choc (not shown)
Drink: Coffee
Comments: Nice coffee and wonderful service from a flight attendant named Holly.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 (its better than nothing)


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Photo taken by: Dominic Gardiner-Rodden
Route: SYD-WLG , date September 2004
Ticket price: Lots of my Dad’s Airpoints
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: A320-232 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Chicken plus pasta salad and ice cream.
Drink: Coca-Cola, water and coffee
Comments: Good meal and even better service, 2 thumbs up to Air NZ
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10