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Our History

Mission Aviation Fellowship began as the dream of two Kiwis; Murray Kendon and
Trevor Strong

Find out more below about their dream of using aircraft to bring good not destruction after WWII, and how that dream has now become a global organisation.

The lives & legacy of Murray Kendon & Trevor Strong

Click below to read more about the history of our founders.

Murray Kendon

Trevor Strong

Through the years

Click on the gallery to view some of the key events in MAF New Zealand's history.

1945Early Beginnings

1946Murray Kendon - The Beginning of MAF

1946Trevor Strong

1947Promoting MAF in the UK

1947First plane for MAF purchased

1950-51Promoting MAF in NZ

1952Support from overseas

1960Trevor and Helen Bryant

1961MAF Air Services established

1961NZ's first operational staff

1961NZ's first office

1962-63More NZ staff head overseas

1979MAF NZ purchases plane for training

1984-89Rod Peek

1989Flight Training Centre opens

1989-2001Ted Crawford

2002-2008Rick Velvin

2008-presentMark Fox

2009Ride To Fly fundraiser

2014Murray Kendon passes away

2015MAF NZ’s Cessna 206 arrives at Ardmore airport.

2016Trevor Strong passes away

2020MAF turns 75

2023MAF Centre in Tauranga opens

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Contact us

Toll Free: 0800 87 85 88
Phone: +64 9 262 1725
Email: info@maf.org.nz

Postal Address

PO Box 5178 Mount Maunganui 3149

Visit The Hangar

Kendon-Strong MAF Centre & Hangar

7 De Havilland Way Mount Maunganui 3116

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