Relief workers clearing sand dunes at Lyall Bay in order to flatten the area for the Rongotai Aerodrome.

In the background is the No. 3 Rongotai paving plant on Kingsford Smith Street (this street was relocated west from its original location when Wellington International Airport was developed in the 1950s). The plant itself was demolished in the 1930s and the site used for the Centennial Exhibition.