as commutes go, it's quite a long one, but quite pretty on a nice day like last Friday when i had a day trip to wellington to my other office

here are some shots from the plane

airnz is great. 

they have a really funny safety video which they show on short haul flights (you'll probably need to watch it twice on youtube here) and they give you a bag of sweets (which they call lollies, but there were no sticks to be seen)

and when it's nearly time to land they give you a boiled sweet.  apparently airnz tried to withdraw these complementary sweets but the whole country revolted.  so they were reinstated.

you've got to love a country which is completely laid back about everything except a free boiled sweets to protect your ears when on a plane.