MOTAT Museum of Transport and Technology visit

 MOTAT is a interesting museum in the heart of Auckland city and I decided on the 12th September 2026 to eventually visit the aviation collection except the reserve collection in the adjacent hangar which is off limits to all public !!!

At a cost of NZ$19 ,it covers not just the aircraft collection but entry to the other areas of the transport museum .

Here is a current record of the collection on view to the public

NX665 Avro 683 Lancaster MR.VII 1964.116
NZ2031 Lockheed 414 Hudson GR.III 3854
NZ2305 De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T.43 A52-1053
NZ2527 Grumman TBF-1C Avenger 5625
NZ3039 Curtiss p-40E Kittyhawk 20218
NZ6466 Aermacchi MB-339 6797
NZ4115 Short S.25 Sunderland MR.V SH.1552
NZ6206 Douglas A-4K Skyhawk 14089
NZ775 De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 83202/DHNZ25)
NZ944 North American AT-6 Harvard, 66-2757
WR202 De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.9 V1043
ZK-ADV Lincoln LS-2 Sports 1
ZK-AEK De Havilland DH.83C Fox Moth FM48
ZK-AFD     Lockheed 10-A Electra 1138
ZK-AHO Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan 3691
ZK-AHS     De Havilland DH.89 Rapide 6423
ZK-AMO Short S.45A Solent 4 SH.1559
ZK-ANN De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth 83202
ZK-ANT Miles M.65 Gemini 6322
ZK-AYW Miles M.14A Magister 799
ZK-BPU     Commonwealth CA28 Ceres Ca28-4 
ZK-BWH Auster J/1B Aig 3103
ZK-COO Cessna A.188 Agwagon 1880024
ZK-CTZ     Fletcher Fu-24 1001
ZK-CVB Transavia PL12 Airtruck 706
ZK-CXU AESL Airtourer T2 521
ZK-EYL     Flaglor Sky Scooter AACA/367/1
ZK-FMF Bantam B 10 0030/MAANZ339
ZK-GDG AB Flygplan Grunau Baby IIB-2 107
ZK-HKG Eurocopter AS355 (Police1)
ZK-HGI     Transavia PL12 Airtruck 1865
ZK-UZA Zee Aero Mule SPA 2
ZM-AAA Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel
No reg         Everson Gyrocopter
P3854         Hawker Hurricane | OK1 | replica Main Gate

Weekend spotting trip to Auckland.

 Over Matariki public holiday weekend here in NZ,I  drove up to visit relatives at Ardmore so jumping at the chance to visit Ardmore and Auckland Int on the 11th July.

Here is a collection of the highlights at both venues.

Ardmore

Auckland