January 1963.
The NZ Grand Prix now moved from Ardmore, to a new circuit at Pukekohe ( "the hill of the koekohe, New Zealand's native mahogany tree).
The circuit was built for an amazingly low price of fifty thousand pounds!
If you look closely at this newspaper cutting of Bruce McLaren bursting through you will note the track is not built yet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7bmxjB_-Aw
A silent Youtube brief video of what the first race at Pukekohe looked like. Again note the crowd size.
(Ken Hyndman )
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