Business View Oceania - Oct 2023

44 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10 AT A GLANCE AVIATION NEW ZEALAND WHAT: A leading association dedicated to being the voice of the commercial aviation industry by representing their members’ interests and championing safety WHERE: Wellington, New Zealand WEBSITE: https://www.aviationnz.co.nz/ viation NZ was founded in 1950 (as the Aviation Industry Association) to support the safe growth of aviation in New Zealand. Safety remains of paramount importance. The focus today is commercial General Aviation. General Aviation (GA) in New Zealand, is defined as aircraft used for many industries including agriculture, animal recovery (live and hunting), scheduled and charter services, freight, heavy lifting, photography, search and rescue, surveillance, and tourism, as well as the companies that service, train, maintain, design or manufacture for them. In more recent times, unmanned aerial vehicles have also undertaken a broadening range of GA activities. A