Hawke Coachwork

Hawke Coachwork
Founded1952
FounderHaddon Hawke
Leslie Hawke
Defunct1983
SuccessorCoachwork International
Headquarters
Takanini
,
New Zealand
Area served
New Zealand
ProductsBus & coach bodies
Stagecoach New Zealand Hawke bodied Volvo B58 trolleybus in Wellington

Hawke Coachwork Limited was a New Zealand bus and coach body manufacturer.

Established in 1952 by brothers Haddon and Leslie Hawke, it was based on Great South Road, Takanini. It became a subsidiary of New Zealand Motor Corporation. In the late-1970s Australian bus manufacturer Pressed Metal Corporation acquired a minority stake in Hawke.[1]

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.[2] As well as building bodies for New Zealand operators, Hawke completed buses for Singapore Bus Service.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Millar, Sean; Lynas, Ian (1983). Leyland Buses in Australia & New Zealand. Auckland: Millars Transport Books. p. 9.
  2. ^ CI Sizes up the Aussie Market Truck & Bus Transportation April 1987 pages 60-63
  3. ^ SBS buys bus bodies Business Times 3 July 1980 page 2
  4. ^ Contract awarded to New Zealand Motor Bodies Business Times 20 June 1981 page 5

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