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...

Previously outsourced, these ubiquitous bits of paper on the MOTAT tram line, are now being letterpress printed in our very own print...

Working furiously behind the scenes at MOTAT is the Registry Team. Based at our offsite storage facility, Registry is responsible for...

The heading says it all:– the marvelous restoration projects of the MOTAT volunteers in the early days. This article was originally...

Coming off the busy Auckland roads the contrast between city lights and the pitch black in the Maungakiekie Domain was intense. No light...

HONORARY LIFE MEMBER MOTAT SOCIETY Les was born in Wellington and from early childhood had a strong interest in models, particularly...

On Saturday 22nd July the MOTAT Society gathered a small group of its members for a tour of the Ross Bros Car Museum in Cambridge. The...

We were looking forward to our visit to the Bush Tramway Club again following our last visit there two years ago. It was then and was...