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TEAL poster

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TEAL poster

This poster, dating from before 1960, enjoins New Zealanders to 'fly TEAL to Fiji'. Many accepted the invitation. Initially TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) used flying boats (like the one depicted in the background) on the 'Coral Route', but changed to land planes in 1960. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1960-01

Courtesy of Air New Zealand

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Holidays – Overseas holidays, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/40759/teal-poster (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 24 January 2013.