New Zealand’s First International Airport Opened – 16th December 1950
On 16th December 1950, on Canterbury’s 100th anniversary of settlement, a newly redeveloped Christchurch Airport become New Zealand’s first International airport. The first trans-Tasman flight took place the following year. Firstly known as the Harewood Airport, the first 230 hectares were purchased by the C.C.C. off the Boag Family – the land still being a …
