This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 February 1961 "Portions of the taxi-way at the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Ohakea are being strengthened to take much heavier loads. Heavy petrol tankers servicing jet airc...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          February 23, 1961

Workmen sealing a drive way in Broadway Avenue.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney for IMCA
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 23, 2019

This re-sealing machine was one of the first of its kind to be built in New Zealand. An alternative grass runway for light planes also operated for light aeroplanes.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973