Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre

Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre at Old Mandeville Airfield in Mandeville, Southland, preserves and celebrates New Zealand’s civil-aviation heritage through a nationally significant collection focused on de Havilland aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s, pioneer-aviator stories, restoration work and aircraft that are maintained to fly. The operator describes the collection as the largest de Havilland collection in the Southern Hemisphere; exhibits include the Tiger Moth, Fox Moth, Dragonfly, Dominie, Aermacchi and a replica of the 1910 Pither monoplane. Vintage aircraft flights are available separately. Standard admission is NZ$12; students with ID and senior citizens are NZ$10; children 12 and under enter free with an accompanying adult. The operator lists daily hours of 09:00–16:00 October–April and 10:00–15:00 May–September. Visitors may fly private aircraft to Mandeville Airfield by contacting the Croydon Aircraft Company first; runway conditions can be soft when wet and a NZ$5 landing fee applies. For current visitor and flight enquiries, call +64 3 208 6046. Address: 1558 Waimea Highway, Mandeville RD 6, Gore 9776, Southland, New Zealand; confirm current hours, flight availability and airfield conditions before travel.