QANTAS Constellation VH-EAD 'Charles Kingsford Smith' arriving at RNZAF Station Ohakea. The Ohakea Unit History records "...captained by R.J. Ritchie, arrived from Mascot, Sydney, at 1450 hours with 43 passengers, and departed the same evening at 1826 hours with 25 passengers." The following day it arrived and departed again, with the Unit History adding "This aircraft was chartered by the Tasman Empire Airways from QANTAS Airways to assist in the Christmas air travel."

QANTAS Constellation VH-EAD 'Charles Kingsford Smith' arriving at RNZAF Station Ohakea. The Ohakea Unit History records "...captained by R.J. Ritchie, arrived from Mascot, Sydney, at 1450 hours with 43 passengers, and departed the same evening at 1826 hours with 25 passengers." The following day it arrived and departed again, with the Unit History adding "This aircraft was chartered by the Tasman Empire Airways from QANTAS Airways to assist in the Christmas air travel."

Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. 3/4 front view of Air New Zealand Electra ZK-TEB 'Atarau' and Dominie ZK-BCP at Harewood Airport.

Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. Side view of TEAL Electra ZK-TEB 'Atarau' at Harewood Airport.

Unknown serviceman sitting on a Marine Craft in front of a TEAL Solent. Unknown location.

Unknown man leaning against TEAL Solent ZK-AMM 'Ararangi'. Unknown location.

Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) hangar on the left and RNZAF Seaplane Training Flight hanger on right. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the James William Borlase personal collection. TEAL float in the Hibiscus Festival in Suva, Fiji.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "Aotearoa". Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMA. Believed to be at Mechanics Bay, Auckland.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat moored just off from RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "T.E.A. Speed Launch". Tasman Empire Airways launch at speed. Presumed to be on the waters near RNZAF Station, Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "Awarua". Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC on the slipway at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "R.M.A. Awarua". 3/4 front view of Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "R.M.A. Awarua". Close up of the fuselage of Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC. RNZAF Station Hobsonville. "Tasman Empire Airways. Wellington, New Zealand." painted on fuselage.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "R.M.A. Awarua". 3/4 rear view of Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC in front of a hangar. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "R.M.A. Awarua". Side view of Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC on the slipway. RNZAF Station, Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "Awarua". Close up of the front of Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat, ZK-AMC. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. Tasman Empire Airways Short S.30 flying boat ZK-AMC 'Awarua' about to take-off. Auckland.

Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) hangar at the civil airways area at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Side view of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) Short S.30 Empire Class Flying Boat ZK-AMA on the hard. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Royal New Zealand Navy Walrus enters the water at RNZAF Station, Hobsonville. Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) hangar in the background, with Empire flying boat inside.

TEAL personnel preparing to recover the remains of Lockheed Electra ZK-TEC 'Akaroa' after it crashed at RNZAF Station Whenuapai on a training flight.

The last Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) Solent, ZK-AMO, to leave, taxiing on the water at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.

The last Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) Solent, ZK-AMO, to leave, flying over RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.

The last Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) Solent, ZK-AMO, to leave, taxiing out from the jetty RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.