Other Freighter airframes around New Zealand now serve as novelty tea-rooms, backpacker hostels, and motel rooms, such as ex NZ5906 (c/n 13059) in Otorohanga.
Few documented cases exist with only a painting of one found in Otorohanga in the 18th century and a specimen in the Canterbury Museum.
Born as Franz Oscar Natzke (as he was sometimes credited earlier in his career) at Wharepuhunga, North Island, New Zealand, he was the son of August Natzke (a native of Brixen, a German-speaking part of Italy), who had emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Otorohanga, and Emma Carter Natzke, of Christchurch, New Zealand, who was a singer.
Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962 in Otorohanga) played five Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.