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Griffon engined Spitfire, Mitsubishi A6M3 model 22, CAC Wirraway (license built North American NA-33, the under cowling air intake is a give away).

Seafire, Zero, Harvard and two RNZAF personnel checking out the Zero...lol

Spitfire, Zero and Harvard but let’s not talk about the hard earned war trophy that was sent home and then destroyed?? 😕

Spitfire, Zero, Wirraway!

Old aeroplanes , now where's my coffee ☕ cup

I will leave for the experts but my guess spitfire mkv, fw190 and harvard, all these could be parked at Omaka today lol

SEAfire, not a Spitfire, the A6M Zero now in the Auckland museum, and a Harvard

Seafire, Zero and Harvard at Hobsonville

My partner tells me they're a Spitfire, a Zero and a Texan AT6/Harvard 🤗

Tom,Dick and Harry

Spitfire, Zero, Harvard

Spitfire, zero and Brewster Buffalo 🦬

Spit, zero and Texan AT6. Zero might be the question mark. Out of place.

Spitfire, zero and a harvard?

VA Supermarine Seafire Mk XV (likely SW853 AC-F), Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 0, "NZ6000" (now at Auckland War Memorial Museum), North American AT-6 Harvard. Was this at Hobsonville?

From left to right: spitfire, zero, P-36

My immediate reaction was spitfire, zero, and Harvard but given its meant to be hard im likely wrong

Three Mosquitos.

Left to right seafire Zero NZ6001, Harvard. The location is Hobsonville Station. For Mark, in the British Commonwealth the T6 was called Harvard, and the C47 Dakota

What's a Zero doing at Wigram Airforce base years ago I didn't hear about that a Japanese Zero visit Wigram years ago ?

For pity's sake what is a "Harvard" (other than a university)? That's a T-6 Texan. You Kiwis are always coming up with different names. Next you'll be telling me that a C-47 isn't a "Skytrain."

Seafire, Zero and Harvard. All parked at Hobsonville. The zero ended up at the Auckland War Memorial (Auckland Museum)

Thats the FAA Seafire left behind by a Brit carrier. Sadly she was broken up n scrapped. However two lost over board in Gulf.

Wonder what happened to the zero???

This looks like outside of what later became 3 Sqn Hangar at Hobsonville. The Auckland War Memorial has a Zero and a Spitfire that I used to go and see when I was a kid back in the 70's and apparently they are still there - is this where they came from? This is the blurb from google: The Auckland War Memorial Museum has a Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero-sen and a Supermarine Spitfire Mark XVI on Level Two. The Zero was built in the latter stages of the war and was originally intended for a kamikaze mission, though technical problems prevented it from being flown on its final sortie. It was captured by the Allies and handed over to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). The Spitfire Mark XVI was built late in the war in 1945. It saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1951 and 1956.

Of all the birdies in the sky the Orion was the best to fly.

Great story. Pleased to hear it's been Saved I myself Learned to Fly with the Wellington Areo Club. While a Member of the R.N.Z.A.F. Had a Lot to do with the Sunderland in Evans Bay when we were Servicing the Chatham Islands .

Awesome story