While we are closed on Christmas Day, you can come and explore the Museum and discover our stories every other day over the holiday period.
Discover New Zealand's military history at the place where it all began
Competitions
Competition time! We have 10 double movie passes to give away to ‘1917’, the ground-breaking battlefield drama filmed as one continuous shot, from Academy Award®-winning director Sam Mendes.
Exhibitions
Discover a variety of engaging special exhibitions at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
What's on at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Behind the Scenes Tour
Take our special half-hour guided tour to learn more about the Museum’s work ‘behind the scenes’ and discover the aircraft, vehicles and engines in our reserve collection.
Engage with our collection
Blog
Wāhine Toa: Women in Defence: collaborating and curating online
The first collaborative, online exhibition of its kind by New Zealand’s national service museums explores the journeys of women serving in New Zealand’s military since gender integration.
Conservation of photo negatives
Our Keeper of Photographs, Matthew O’Sullivan takes us through an example of conserving a photo negative from the collection.
40 years of service – the military journey of Harry Leese
Read the story of the life of a veteran who served in both World Wars.
Never Forget by Jo Bailey
Reflect on personal stories in ‘Never Forget’, by New Zealand writer Jo Bailey, where she has combined extensive interviews with the use of wartime diaries, black and white photos, and written memoir, to create six compelling first person accounts of war.
