• PR3433
    RNZAF
    The RNZAF Band on parade, just prior to their first Pacific tour. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    Band
    music
  • PR3434
    RNZAF
    The RNZAF Band on parade, just prior to their first Pacific tour. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    Band
    music
  • PR3435
    RNZAF
    Members of the RNZAF Band are given a speech, prior to their first Pacific tour. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    Band
    music
  • PR3436
    RNZAF
    Members of the RNZAF Band are given a speech, prior to their first Pacific tour. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rongotai
    Band
    music
  • PR3347
    RNZAF
    Group bid farewell to Admiral WF Halsey, US Navy, in a DH89 Dominie. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Navy
    USN
    Rongotai
    Halsey
    Dh89
    Dominie
  • PR3348
    RNZAF
    Group bids farewell to Admiral WF Halsey, US Navy, shaking hands with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal LM Isitt. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    Halsey
    Rongotai
    USN
    Navy
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Chief of Air Staff
    CAS
    Isitt
  • PR3349
    RNZAF
    RNZAF Band in attendance at Admiral WF Halsey's (left) farewell. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Navy
    USN
    Rongotai
    Halsey
    Band
    music
  • PR3350
    RNZAF
    The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal LM Isitt, bids farewell to Admiral WF Halsey. RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Navy
    USN
    Rongotai
    Halsey
    Chief of Air Staff
    CAS
    Isitt
  • PR3130
    RNZAF
    Wing Commander JD Hewett, Commanding Officer of No. 42 Squadron, standing beside a Dominie. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rongotai
    No. 42 Squadron
    42 Sqn
    Dominie
    Hewett
    DH89
  • PR3131
    RNZAF
    Wing Commander JD Hewett, Commanding Officer of No. 42 Squadron, standing in front of a Dominie. Believed to be RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    No. 42 Squadron
    42 Sqn
    Dominie
    Hewett
    DH89
  • PR3132
    RNZAF
    Wing Commander JD Hewett, Commanding Officer of No. 42 Squadron, standing in front of a Dominie. Believed to be RNZAF Station Rongotai.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    No. 42 Squadron
    42 Sqn
    Dominie
    Hewett
    DH89
  • 2026-031.2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Park family collection. Informal portrait of William Park, caretaker of Sockburn aerodrome 1917 - 1944, in Wellington visiting the Centennial Exhibition at Rongotai.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Stokes
    Park
    Rongotai
  • 2024-023.10
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. High view of the De Havilland factory at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the reverse "Lyall Bay 1941. South Island in distance. De Havillands' factory - now the Wellington airport Terminal Building!!"
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Minty
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rongotai
    De Havilland
  • 2024-023.11
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. 3/4 front view of Oxford NZ1262(?) with engines running at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the reverse "Maintenance and Repair Section. Wellington (early 1940s)"
    WW2
    World War Two
    Minty
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Rongotai
    Oxford
    NZ1262
  • 2024-023.5
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. Informal group of trainees in front of a Harvard at the Technical Training School at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the reverse "Flight Riggers 21st entry. Rongotai. February 1943." Names on reverse: "McMorran, Pownell, Thompson, Turley, McLean, Sheaham, McLeod, Widgery, Roberts, Stanners, Walken, Minty, McLeod, Staines, Moyle, McNaught, Woodroffe, Wild, Renton."
    Rongotai
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Minty
    World War Two
    WW2
    Technical Training School
    TTS
    training
    Harvard
  • 2024-023.6
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. Informal group of trainees in front of a Tiger Moth at the Technical Training School at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the reverse "Flight Riggers 21st entry. Rongotai. February 1943." Signatures on reverse: McMorran, Pownell, Thompson, Turley, McLean, Sheahan, McLeod, Widgery, Roberts, Stanners, Walker, SC Minty, McLeod, Staines, Moyle, McNaught, Woodrofe, Wild, Renton, McNeil.
    WW2
    World War Two
    Minty
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Rongotai
    Technical Training School
    TTS
    training
    Tiger Moth
  • 2024-023.7
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. Interior view of the Tiger Moth assembly line at the De Havilland factory at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Serial numbers visible: NZ848, NZ1404, NZ849, NZ850. Handwritten on the reverse "D.H. Factory. 1941. New Wellington Airport Terminal building."
    Rongotai
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Minty
    World War Two
    WW2
    De Havilland
    Tiger Moth
    NZ848
    NZ1404
    NZ849
    NZ850
  • 2024-023.8
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. Interior view of the Exhibition building with Tiger Moths and an Oxford at the Technical Training School, RNZAF Station Rongotai. NZ778 at centre. Handwritten on the reverse "Exhibition Building. Maintenance and Repair Section. Self just visible at side of monoplane behind starboard engine."
    Rongotai
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Minty
    World War Two
    WW2
    Technical Training School
    TTS
    training
    Tiger Moth
    Oxford
    NZ778
  • 2024-023.9
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Stanley Cyril Minty personal collection. Interior view of Tiger Moth wings and structure being assembled in the De Havilland factory at RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the reverse "Self, white overalls, at rear centre behind girl at wing minus aileron"
    Rongotai
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Minty
    World War Two
    WW2
    De Havilland
    Tiger Moth
  • PR3043-61
    RNZAF
    Details of Civil Aviation Authority International fire tender, CA338, at Rongotai airport, Wellington.
    RNZAF
    Civil Aviation Authority
    CAA
    CA338
    International
    Rongotai
    Wellington
    fire
  • PR3044-61
    RNZAF
    Details of Civil Aviation Authority International fire tender, CA338, at Rongotai airport, Wellington.
    RNZAF
    Civil Aviation Authority
    CAA
    CA338
    International
    Rongotai
    Wellington
    fire
  • PR3045-61
    RNZAF
    Details of Civil Aviation Authority International fire tender, CA338, at Rongotai airport, Wellington.
    RNZAF
    Civil Aviation Authority
    CAA
    CA338
    International
    Rongotai
    Wellington
    fire
  • PR3046-61
    RNZAF
    Details of Civil Aviation Authority International fire tender, CA338, at Rongotai airport, Wellington.
    RNZAF
    Civil Aviation Authority
    CAA
    CA338
    International
    Rongotai
    Wellington
    fire
  • PR3047-61
    RNZAF
    Details of Civil Aviation Authority International fire tender, CA338, at Rongotai airport, Wellington.
    RNZAF
    Civil Aviation Authority
    CAA
    CA338
    International
    Rongotai
    Wellington
    fire
  • ALB845871b067
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. 3/4 front view of Fox Moth ZK-AGM at Rongotai airfield.
    Tugby
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Rongotai
    Fox Moth
    ZK-AGM