What's on at Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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Latest Exhibition
Tall Tails
Our Tall Tails exhibition features the mounted tails of the C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion, this new exhibition brings visitors closer to two extraordinary aircraft and the stories they carry. It also highlights the importance of finding a permanent home for them, as the Museum continues to fundraise through the Home for Heroes project.
Tall Tails is on display in our Thérèse Angelo Wing.
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Exhibition
The Mighty Hercules
The Mighty Hercules exhibition is on in the Cochrane Gallery upstairs in our atrium. Come and visit and learn all about this extraordinary aircraft.
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Home for Heroes
Join us in building a forever home for New Zealand’s C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion – icons of service.
For more than half a century, these legendary aircraft carried our nation’s courage across the world – in peace, crisis, and discovery. Now, they need a home worthy of their legacy, where their stories of service, innovation and humanity will continue to inspire.
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Birthday Parties
Mission: Best birthday ever
Zip up a flight suit, grab your dog tags, and dive into a fully hosted birthday “mission”. From air & sea adventures for preschoolers to rescue and cadet challenges for older children. Our Programmes team runs the activities, the children get awesome photo moments (and party bags), and you can add catering through our café.
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🚨📢GET THE KETTLE ON, MYSTERY AIRFIELD COMPETITION SOLVED🚨📢: Takes a bow Neil Lambess, winner of last week's mystery airfield competition.
Neil correctly identified the airfield as RNZAF Waipapakauri Station in Northland - the first line of defence in the north in case of invasion.
The airfield was first developed in the 1930s and became a busy spot after the Japanese entered the war in 1941.
A whole lot of infrastructure, including a base hospital and lengthened runways, were built at the airfield.
It was our fortress in the north, with mighty Vickers Vincents ready into action, if we were attacked. These were later supplemented with more modern aircraft including Kittyhawks and Hudsons.
Waipapakauri was closed after the war ended in 1945 but a memorial to its brief life remains.
Neil wins a coveted Air Force Museum of New Zealand mug.
They're round - with roundels.
Please get in touch Neil by emailing communicactions@airforcemuseum.co.nz we will get the mug wrapped and flown out in the Bristol Freighter. If it starts.
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Was Kaitaia not the furthest north? Built by the yanks?
TALL TALES: Join us for a special series of book readings to celebrate New Zealand Children’s Book Week starting today at 2pm.
We’ve got a great selection of children’s books and we’d love to share them with your children during the week from 16 August to 21 August.
Each child will get a free sticker and poster, and we’ll have book specials so you can take them home!
Tamariki of all ages welcome – see you in front of our Tall Tails.
Timetable:
Sunday 16 August 2pm
Monday 17 August 10am
Tuesday 18 August 10am
Wednesday 19 August 10am
Thursday 20 August 10am
Friday 21 August 10am
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TALL TALES BOOK READINGS: Join us for a special series of book readings to celebrate New Zealand Children’s Book Week starting tomorrow.
We’ve got a great selection of children’s books and we’d love to share them with your children during the week from 16 August to 21 August.
Each child will get a free sticker and poster, and we’ll have book specials so you can take them home!
Tamariki of all ages welcome – see you in front of our Tall Tails.
Timetable:
Sunday 16 August 2pm
Monday 17 August 10am
Tuesday 18 August 10am
Wednesday 19 August 10am
Thursday 20 August 10am
Friday 21 August 10am
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