Hawke Coachwork | |
Successor: | Coachwork International |
Foundation: | 1952 |
Founder: | Haddon Hawke Leslie Hawke |
Defunct: | 1983 |
Location City: | Takanini |
Location Country: | New Zealand |
Area Served: | New Zealand |
Products: | Bus & coach bodies |
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]