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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 November 1947Vol. XVIII, No. 4

Airfield For Niue

p. 10 · Read in the full issue

AFijLLY equipped expedition will leave New Zealand about April, 1948, to construct an aerodrome on Niue Island. It is hoped that the work will be finished during the dry season, which ends about November.

The New Zealand Public Works De- Sartment is planning the expedition to le island, the present white population of which is under ten.

Work on the aerodrome was deferred for this season because of the difficulty of obtaining the material and manpower.

The airstrip will be 5,000 feet in length.