Hawke Coachwork
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Founded | 1952 |
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Founder | Haddon Hawke Leslie Hawke |
Defunct | 1983 |
Successor | Coachwork International |
Headquarters | , New Zealand |
Area served | New Zealand |
Products | Bus & coach bodies |
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Hawke Coachwork Limited was a New Zealand bus and coach body manufacturer.
Established in 1952 by brothers Haddon and Leslie Hawke[note 1] it was based on Great South Road, Takanini. It became a subsidiary of New Zealand Motor Corporation.[citation needed] In the late-1970s Australian bus manufacturer Pressed Metal Corporation acquired a minority stake in Hawke.[1] In 1980 it reported it had a staff of 185 employees.[2]
In 1983 Hawke merged with New Zealand Motor Bodies to form Coachwork International. The Takanini plant was retained, specialising in building and repairing buses for city authorities.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Haddon Frederick Hawke (1920-2000) and Arthur Leslie Hawke (1923-1984)
References[]
- ^ Millar, Sean; Lynas, Ian (1983). Leyland Buses in Australia & New Zealand. Auckland: Millars Transport Books. p. 9.
- ^ New Zealand Business Who's Who. 22nd edition, FEP Productions, Wellington
- ^ CI Sizes up the Aussie Market Truck & Bus Transportation April 1987 pages 60-63
External links[]
Media related to Hawke Coachwork at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Bus manufacturers of New Zealand
- Motor vehicle assembly plants in New Zealand
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1952
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1983
- 1983 disestablishments in New Zealand
- New Zealand companies established in 1952
- New Zealand company stubs
- Motor vehicle company stubs