Over the last 20 years the Walsh Memorial Library has been developing its collection of oral histories. The library has over 400 hours of...

Use slider below to view photos gathered by Rick Schreuder during the restoration of Orenstein and Koppell 1904 0-4-0 WT well tank steam...

It was a beautiful day in April 1964 and the crowd lining the fence at Whenuapai airfield was getting restless as the time was getting...

E ono tekau tau o MOTAT Sixty years of MOTAT  focuses on key moments in MOTAT’s extraordinary history, illustrated through the Walsh...

Ewelme Cottage was built by Vicesimus Lush in 1863. He was a vicar and Ewelme was built to house his sons who went to a nearby Anglican...

Craig Hickman-Goodall (Chief Executive) and Helen Atkins (Board Chair) provide their insights and perspectives on the future of the MOTAT...

100 Mt Albert Road, Mt Albert, Auckland   Second in the series of visits to Auckland’s heritage homes the MOTAT Society visited Alberton...

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...