Our community mourns the loss of Wailin Elliott, a volunteer in the Print Shop at MOTAT for a number of years, who passed away in July of...

The Richard Pearse story put MOTAT on the international stage as a leading heritage aviation museum with particular mana accruing in the...

Born in Wellington, Les Downey had a strong interest in models from an early age with his first job at a model aircraft supply company....

As part of a series of visits to Auckland’s heritage homes the MOTAT Society’s June Excursion was a tour of Highwic, which overlooks...

Initial MOTAT Aviation Section Head Norm McKelvey was honoured with the award of the QSM for services to heritage aviation in the 2006...

Long standing MOTAT Aviation volunteer Frank Hannay passed away in May and was honoured by a memorial service in the MOTAT Aviation Hall...

In April a small cohort of MOTsoc members visited Ihumātao where we were taken on a guided tour of the Ōtuataua Stonefields Reserve by...

Hills Hats have operated in the Wellington region since 1875 and in 2025 will celebrate their 150th anniversary. They have been renowned...

ZK-BVE with its stubby fuselage, drab yellow paint and unrestored state is the least appealing of the MOTAT aviation collection. Now a...

MOTAT was recently presented with an award from FRONZ for our efforts to introduce sustainable fuels into our operations along with a...

Rodney Dearing was appointed Director at the Museum of Transport & Technology in May 1984. His appointment was the first under the new...

There are more than 100 paces between the back door of the Engineers Cottage and the entry to the Pumping Station, the engineer’s...

Accession number: 2021.28 https://collection.motat.nz/objects/124815/camera-polaroid-spirit-600-cl . Department: Visual Technology...

26 intrepid MOTAT Society aviators travelled to Ardmore airfield for the Fly DC3 flight and a visit to the Warbirds Museum in March....

MOTAT has partnered with SCION to test and roll out a new, low-carbon, artificial coal made from forestry slash. Slash is the woody...

MOTAT Society returned to one of our favourite excursions, Fort Stony Batter, a World War 2 tunnel network and gun emplacement on Waiheke...

Ron Richardson was appointed as the first full-time director at the Museum of Transport & Technology in November 1970.  He had come on a...

I remember the opening of the Western Springs Tramway. It was a grey and overcast day and it turned to rain before the time came for...

One of my favourite collection items at MOTAT is the Farley Proofing Press located in the Print Shop at MOTAT Great North Road. Proofing...

On Saturday 9th March, James and his team at Dockline Tramway hosted MOTAT Society for the tram social BBQ. We had a bunch of rides on...