Old Whenuapai, Takapuna and Hobsonville

[AussieBob]

Was browsing an historical NZ photos website and came across these aviation images of the past

Seaplane over Takapuna Beach Festival 1922
The event was held to raise funds to provide a Cottage Hospital as a memorial to "To those who fell in the Great War, and to those women who bravely and uncomplainingly did their part at home."
- The event was set up by the Takapuna Women's Progressive League.




Whenuapai terminal 1950s



Hobsonville 1936
Line up of aircraft at Hobsonville 1936

[Dave Homewood]

Real planes, those Vildebeests.

[camtech]

I note in that first photo that it is apparently a montage, as not one of the crowd is looking at the aircraft, which in those days would have been a real novelty.

[corsairarm]

And it doesn't look like Takapuna beach from that angle unless the photo is the wrong way round.

[harrysone]

the cliffs to the left looks more like Narrow Neck or Cheltenham to be fair