What's on at Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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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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Latest Exhibition
Victory!
It is 80 years since the end of the Second World War.
Our Victory exhibition, upstairs in the atrium, marks this significant milestone in world history, and the story of the RNZAF.
Victory includes images and memories of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and Victory over Japan (VJ) Day which have been sourced from photographs, letters, postcards and personal histories in our collection.
Victory includes insights into how Kiwis celebrated, and how they felt.
Many found it difficult to rejoice after so much loss and suffering.
You’re welcome to come along and learn all about the end of World War Two with us.
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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Update
Overseas visitor charge
A $15 entry charge was introduced for all international visitors to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand from 31 March 2025. Tickets available online or from our Welcome Desk on arrival.
The charge is required to cover rising costs and to contribute to our new $20 million extension to house the newest members of our collection – our historic Hercules and Orion aircraft.
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Our Aircraft
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HEY JUDE: Three-year-old Jude Wiemers is the winner of a new Air Force Museum of New Zealand roundel coffee mug - via a circuitous route.
Museum fan Alan Taylor recently won our mystery cockpit competition, and being a good sport, decided his home in South Africa was out of range for our Bristol Freighter to fly him his prize mug.
Instead, he asked that we find the youngest and most zealous aviation fan we could find to give the mug to.
Which led us to Tiger Moth fan Jude - who was visiting with his dad PJ - and was happy to accept the mug along with some stickers and a Hercules poster.
Alan visited out museum in 1998 and remains a fan to this day.
Thanks for your generosity Alan, and well done Jude and PJ.
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Awesome! Very happy it has gone to a deserving young man.
We're #1 !!Last year's No.1 Learning Destination in Australasia, the Air Force Museum of New Zealand gives you the choice to self-guide, join a daily guided tour or complete a treasure hunt.
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Yep, No 1 in many ways...
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HEY KJ WATCHA DOING? Cheese scones are having a moment, so we asked KJ in our Contact Cafe team to talk us through how she makes the world's best cheese scones*.
Her secret recipe is:
One cup of 'none of your business'.
A pinch of 'keep your sticky beak out'.
Cheese - no amount specified.
Milk and liquids to mix.
Bake at undisclosed degrees celsius until they're 'awesome'.
Come and get them while they're hot!!
Thanks for#cheesescones #CONTACTCafeA#meschinoto us.
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