Grant BradleyNZ Herald·8 Jul, 2026 04:59 PM7 mins to readMinister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay and India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal joined Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar, centre, on a flight to Rotorua last year.Air New Zealand chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar grew up in what he describes as the “Dunedin of India”, which gave him an insight into where the country was heading.

Growing up in Bangalore – now Bengaluru – meant he saw for himself how the fast-growing IT sector could propel wider