If Air Koru was such a poorly run company, why did Keating / Brereton prevent them from starting up in Oz under their own right? What were they afraid of?
The answer of course is that they would have rolled, bowled and iceholed any of the encumbent airlines in the West Island.
Air Koru on the other hand didn't need or get such protectionism when Ansett wanted to start in NZ