{"id":15836,"date":"2025-07-18T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/?page_id=15836"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:45:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It is almost 70 years since the first great Auckland Air Show which was hosted at Mangere Airport 29-31 January 1966 and over 200,000 people attended!.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Auckland International Airport, Auckland, New Zealand<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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And so, we believe that it\u2019s about time another really, really exciting Aviation Event was hosted in Auckland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Auckland Air Races!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The origins of the \u201cAuckland Air Race\u201d event, stretches back 60 years to the very first
\u201cAir and Water Show\u201d held in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1958!
That event has been held annually for the past SIXTY YEARS and is still the
largest event of it\u2019s kind in the USA. Around 2 million people attend this weekend event
every year -that surely attests to it\u2019s huge entertainment appeal and commercial success!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Chicago, IL, USA shoreline of Lake Michigan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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AND NOW HERE IN NEW ZEALAND\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.AUCKLAND AIR RACES\u2026\u2026.<\/strong>
at the fantastic location on Takapuna Beachfront! This venue provides a magnificent \u201cRace Track\u201d over the water together with all the exciting amenities of a very diverse choice of Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and The Shopping!<\/p>

The beach is over a kilometre long providing for magical viewing of the whole racing programme. The Race Course is set out with \u201cFloating Race Pylons\u201d to form a series of \u201cAir Gates\u201d along the beachfront. This provides for a challenging course for the Pilots to navigate through all the Pylons at incredible speeds! The \u201cRace Course Start Gate\u201d together with the \u201cFinish Line\u201d are both positioned midpoint along the beachfront to maximise the spectator experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Air Racing has become hugely popular around the world…..with races on the Danube River in Budapest, on the Hudson River in New York and the Thames River in London……and on now TAKAPUNA BEACHFRONT in Auckland, New Zealand!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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There is no one single entity but rather a combination from number of community groups, together with businesses from a wide spectrum of industries, who are supporting this innovative major event. Perhaps most importantly are the legions of individuals and families, who have already confirmed their expression of support for this event. We invite you to show your support at this time, simply by subscribing to our “NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/strong>“<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is almost 70 years since the first great Auckland Air Show which was hosted at Mangere Airport 29-31 January 1966 and over 200,000 people attended!. Auckland International Airport, Auckland, New Zealand And so, we believe that it\u2019s about time another really, really exciting Aviation Event was hosted in Auckland Auckland Air Races! The origins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15836","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15836"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16761,"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15836\/revisions\/16761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared.websupportondemo.com\/AucklandAirRaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}