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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WARBIRDS DAY ONE AND IT'S A CRACKER! Get along to see us at Warbirds over Wānaka and get in behind our Home for Heroes campaign to build our Orion and Hercules a new forever home!
We've got Hercules and Orion merchandise galore to support the campaign to build these iconic RNZAF aircraft, currently in storage, a new permanent exhibition space at our museum.
Every dollar you donate to support Home for Heroes earns a chance to go in the draw to win an exclusive behind-the-scenes guided tour of the Hercules and Orion with a Herc pilot as your host.
You can enter the draw at Warbirds or donate here.
(Donations received between 3-6 April 2026 are automatically entered in the draw. Entries close at 11.59pm on 6 April 2026.)
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Is your museum open today?
Is there a running total of the fund raising campaign somewhere?
Nathan Bosher have ❤️ got my Herc Yeah Cap and T shirt
Should have fired up the skyhawk lol
Awesome display 👏
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GOOD MORNING WARBIRDS! If you’re at Warbirds over Wānaka today, please drop by our stall and check us out.
We’ve got new Lockheed C-130H Hercules and P-3K2 Orion T-shirts and lots of other merchandise to celebrate our national heroes.
There will be a chance to take the weight off your feet and watch our film tributes to these gentle giants.
We also hope you’ll add your support to our Home for Heroes campaign to build our Hercules and Orion aircraft a new home.
Every dollar you donate to support Home for Heroes earns you the chance to go in the draw to win an exclusive behind-the-scenes guided tour of the Hercules and Orion with a Herc pilot as your host.
You can enter the draw at Warbirds or donate here.
(Donations received between 3-6 April 2026 are automatically entered in the draw. Entries close at 11.59pm on 6 April 2026.)
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Looking amazing! Let's build that Home for Heroes!
Great set up, here's to great sales too!
Awesome
HEY BARF, WATCHA WEARING? Good question.
Today our surface and safety supermodel Barf Bosher is wearing our latest and greatest Hercules and Orion T-shirts, fresh in time for Warbirds Over Wanaka.
If you're going to the show, go see Barf at our Air Force Museum of New Zealand stand and try one of our T-shirts.
No discount if you buy both, but if you wear them together that would mean you'd have eight Allis#RNZAF.#rnazpastandpresenta#c130hercules3#p3orions #p3orion ... See MoreSee Less
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Looking good Barf! I’ll grab one of each on my next trip south!!
Whats the speed to get air borne with 8
Today our surface and safety supermodel Barf Nathan Bosher. Sounds like a switch for the other side becoming a surface and safety supermodel!!
Online shopping? 😁
Just walking my dog Odin along the Landing.....note the shirt.❤️
Nice one Barf Bosher you supermodel you! 😜
Will you be selling them online through your shop too?
Love the Tee shirt
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