ANZAC Day Events

ANZAC Projection: Peter Jackson's Restored Gallipoli Film

Friday 23,  Saturday 24, Sunday 25 April
7.30pm - 10pm
Northern Façade

The centrepiece of the 2010 commemorations will be the projection onto the outside of the Museum, Heroes of Gallipoli, the rare cine-film restored by Peter Jackson.  The Museum will also project rare footage of the Pioneer Battalion being welcomed home on Auckland Domain by Ngati Whatua.  

Visitors are invited to watch this unique 20-minutes film and footage from the steps of the Cenotaph and Court of Honour. The film will also be screening inside the Grand Foyer on the 23rd and 24th with activities for the children.  More »

Please note the museum will not be open on the evening of the 25th April.

Lest We Forget Poetry Competition

This year sees our 5th annual Lest We Forget Poetry Competition, run in conjunction with Auckland City Libraries.  This year we received another poignant collection of personal responses to war. The Finalists have been notified and are invited to read their poems in the Hall of Memories on ANZAC Day. More about the competition »

Cenotaph Database

Click here to for biographical and service details for over 122,600 records for New Zealand service men and women from the 19th century till today and especially from World War One and World War Two. Search the database.

Sign the Book of Remembrance

Please place a message in our Book of Remembrance to remember the people who served and died in War.  Your memorial message, message of peace, prayer or poems will be posted here for people around New Zealand and the world to read.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM  Post Your Message here or enter your messages at the Remembrance desks in the Museum Foyer and Atrium from 10am Friday 23 April until 5pm Sunday 25th April.

Guided Tours: War Memorial Galleries

On ANZAC Day, our knowledgeable guides are providing free tours of the war memorial galleries - Scars on the Heart. The tours leave from the Armoury at 8am, 9am, 10am, noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.

Time	Topic	Guide	They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. From the poem for the fallen by Laurence Binyon
8am	Medals	Chris Blackmore
	World War I	Lovonne Campbell
	Women at war	Christina Neale
9am	Aircraft of WWII	Lyndsay Wyatt
	Maori at war	Elena Philp
	Animals at war	Christina Neale
10am	World War II	Lovonne Campbell
	The Boer War	Bob Keston
	Gifts from the battlefields	Ella Santos
12pm	World War I	Lovonne Campbell
	The Boer War	Bob Keston
	Aircraft of WW II	Lyndsay Wyatt
1pm	World War I	John Michaels
	Aircraft of WWII	Valerie Leech
	The Boer War	Bob Keston
2pm	World War I	Dianne Aubin
	Animals at war	Christina Neale
	Aircraft of WWII	Lyndsay Wyatt
3pm	World War I	John Michaels
	Women at war	Christina Neale
	Medals	Chris Blackmore