Story: Aviation
1935 was a turning point in the development of passenger and freight flights in New Zealand. A number of airlines were licensed to fly routes within the country, creating a commercial aviation network. One was National Airways of New Zealand, later renamed Union Airways. This photograph taken at Palmerston North airport in 1936 shows one of its planes, a de Havilland 86 Express, which bears the Māori name Karoro, meaning gull. Such names were continued by the National Airways Corporation.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: EP-Transport-Aviation-Historical-02
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.