Army Museum Exhibits
Tourism Students Thrilled on Military Vehicle Ride
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
A group of students studying tourism and travel courses from UCOL in Palmerston North spent several hours at the National Army Museum on 15 June as part of a two day trip to Taupo to experience the local attractions and activities. The students enjoyed a guided visit of the Museum, lunch and an exhilarating ride on the M548 Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).
UCOL Tourism students experience a ride on National Army Museum Armoured Personnel Carrier
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Fashion At War
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The impact of World War Two on fashion is explored in a new exhibition, Fashion At War currently on display at the National Army Museum.
During World War Two with the threat of Japanese invasion and importing goods difficult, shortages took hold and rationing of many items including clothing became necessary on the Home Front.
Tags: World War II
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Childhood Memories of WWII Universal Carrier
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Susan Kaschula (nee Hart) visited the National Army Museum, with hopes of seeing the Universal Carrier her father donated to the Museum many years ago. Susan was not disappointed as the World War II vehicle is the centre piece of the Museum’s iconic North Africa display which also contains the famous soldier eating baked beans.
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Holocaust Survivor's Story at National Army Museum
Friday, October 29th, 2010
The universal appeal of the story of Anne Frank and the quality of the travelling exhibition due to close at the National Army Museum next Wednesday has reminded us all of the atrocities suffered by millions at the hands of the Nazis. Few European Jews survived the Holocaust but of those who did is the story of Clare Galambos-Winter. (more…)
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Anne Frank Exhibit opens this week!
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Be here or be square!
Don’t forget to bring some buttons to help Moriah College build their Holocaust memorial sculpture.
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1.5 Million Buttons Needed
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Moriah College needs 1.5 million buttons to build a Holocaust button memorial sculpture.
The button maze will represent confusion and panic, the walls will be filled with the 1.5 million buttons, one button for every child murdered in the Holocaust. The centre will be lit by a candle surrounded by the words of a Holocaust survivor.
“In a time like the Holocaust its like living in a pitch black room, but every time someone does something for you its like someone coming in and lighting a candle. you need to focus on the light”.
The National Army Museum will be supplying a button container in the “Anne Frank” exhibition. We invite everyone who visits us to bring any spare buttons they have to put in the container. These buttons will be forwarded to Moriah College to help them achieve building this fitting memorial for many children lost in the Holocaust.
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NZSAS Exhibit Now open at the National Army Museum
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
New Zealand SAS
Special or Elite forces always conjure up an air of intrigue and mystery combined with an effective ruthlessness that usually results in getting the job done.
The NZSAS ‘In The Pursuit of Excellence’ exhibit now open in the Hassett Gallery at the National Army Museum. This new exhibition unveils some of the secrecy that surrounds the New Zealand Special Air Service and provides insight into what it is like to be part of this specialist team.
For more information about the exhibit or for opening times and admission rates please contact us.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
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New Zealand SAS at the Army Museum
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Since its formation in the mid 1950s, the New Zealand Special Air Service has seen active service in Malaya, Borneo, South Vietnam, East Timor and Afghanistan, where, without exception, the Unit has served with distinction.
Like other Special Force units, the NZSAS’s mission is to respond to those grim situations where other Army units may not be able to act as effectively or efficiently. The role of the NZSAS therefore requires an extraordinary high degree of intense training following a vigorous and rigorous selection process. Their military operations require the same high degree of cunning, guise and operational flexibility.
Despite what many may think, our Special Force soldiers are not “super soldiers” – rather they are hand-picked volunteers who train long and hard and live and operate by their motto “Who Dares Wins” and follow their ode (James Elroy Flecker – “The Golden Road to Samarkand” [1913]):
“The Master of the Caravan said:
But who are ye in rags and rotten shoes,
You – dirty bearded, blocking the way?
The Pilgrim answered:
We are the Pilgrims, Master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow,
Across that angry or that glimmering sea,
White on a throne or guarded in a cave
There lives a prophet who can understand
Why men were born: but surely we are brave,
Who take the Golden Road to Samarkand”.
Watch out for our new exhibition OPENING SOON.
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Memorial Wall Images
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Now you can add their image to our new Tears on Greenstone Memorial Wall.
All we require is their name and service details, and a suitable photo or digital image. We will produce the wall image and return your original photographs. There is a charge of $50 which covers production of the wall image and your own certificate of remembrance. Please allow approx one month for your image to be installed.
For more information please contact our library staff on 0800 369 999 or visit our Tears on Greenstone page to complete our online form.
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Authentic, metal (die cast) military models
Friday, January 15th, 2010
The National Army Museum Shop has managed to secure a large selection of models, at exceptional prices, due to the wholesaler no longer importing this product. We would like to pass these heavily discounted savings on to you.
Prices range from $28 – $135.
Sizes 1:32 and 1:72
There are too many individual items for us to photograph or list separately so please call us on 06 387 6911 immediately.
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