Originally Posted by ntddevsys
Put a Regional Koru Club
TM lounge in the renovated terminal at ROT and a Domestic Koru Club at HLZ and neither at BHE (to remove that angle
mad_atta
)
Well, how rude! And hurtful!! And unfair!!!
Consider the facts: look at this table of AirNZ domestic flights for Monday 1st August 2005, listing the number of departures from each airport and the lounge facilities at each.
Airport : No. of flights : Lounge facilities
AKL : 124 : Koru Club
WLG : 106 : Koru Club
CHC : 78 : Koru Club
NSN : 27 : Regional Koru Lounge
BHE : 19 : Nothing!! 
NPE : 18 : Regional Koru Lounge
PMR : 18 : Regional Koru Lounge
HLZ : 15 : Regional Koru Lounge
TRG : 13 : -
ROT : 13 : -
NPL : 13 : Regional Koru Lounge
DUD : 13 : Koru Club
GIS : 12 : -
WRE : 10 : -
ZQN : 8 : Regional Koru Lounge
IVC : 7 : Regional Koru Lounge
TUO : 6 : -
KKE : 5 : -
WHK : 4 : -
WAG : 4 : -
HKK : 4 : -
TIU : 4 : -
KAT : 1 : -
WSZ : 1 : -
WKA : 1 : -
I think you'll agree, Blenheim International has been robbed. Join me in my fight for justice!
No, seriously, I think
taupo has made a great point - NZ does often let itself down when things go wrong. North American airlines, for all their many flaws, are at least pretty good at looking after rebookings when connections go wrong etc.
As for my vote: a bit of variety for short haul Y class wines. It doesn't even have to be boutique - how about some Villa Maria, for example? If it wasn't for the '04 Montana sav blanc being so much better than previous vintages, I'd even consider going teetotal, out of pure boredeom!