
Teal Motor Lodge
Gisborne Motel Accommodation
479 Gladstone Road, Gisborne, New Zealand
Freephone NZ: 0800 83 83 25


TEAL HISTORY UNCOVERED IN AITUTAKI

Arriving at Aitutaki Airport via Air Rarotonga

A weathered plaque at Aitutaki Airport commemorating TEAL's historic landing site at Akaiami

TEAL's iconic 'Tahitian maiden' advertising posters of the 1950's adorn the check-in area at Aitutaki Airport. This provided the inspiration to display quality copies of these at Teal Motor Lodge.

The pristine, teal waters of Aitutaki's lagoon are difficult to capture on film. This isolated location in the middle of the Pacific truly needs to be visited to be appreciated!

The TEAL jetty at Akaiami Island c.1952 showing TEAL passengers walked along the jetty after refueling to board a launch that would ferry them back to the flying boat. (c.1952)

The remnants of the TEAL jetty at Akaiami Island, Aitutaki
c.2021. This is where TEAL passengers were able to disembark onto a pristine tropical island paradise in the 1950s.

Akaiami Paradise Lodge stands in the exact spot where the original TEAL terminal stood at Akaiami Beach

A plaque on Akaiami Beach commemorating TEAL's historic landing site

TEAL's coral jetty can be clearly seen from the air (A Vaka cruise catamaran is moored alongside)

Admiring the crescent-shaped outline and pristine teal waters of Akaiami Island from the air

Your intrepid host, Stewart enjoying the pristine teal lagoon waters of Aitutaki lagoon

While departing Aitutaki, the flight path takes you over Akaiami Island where the historic TEAL jetty can just be seen
Stewart's YouTube video of Akaiami Island, Aitutaki, Cook Islands c.2021. Press the PLAY icon to view.