Opened in 1978 as the Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum in Waiouru.
National Army Museum (N.Z.)
McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Peter McIntyre's war paintings. [Waiouru], Queen Elizabeth I...
Date: 1941 - 1980 - 1944
By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)
Reference: C-108-011-a/014-a
Description: Contents: Infantry patrol in Italy, 1944; Kiwis, 1944; Convoy under shell fire at Sidi Rezegh, 1941; [on cover]: Wounded at Cassino. No. 1182 of edition of 2000. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured, 375 x 530 mm or smaller, on three sheets 440 x 600 mm, and portfolio, plus 1 sheet notes.
McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Convoy under shell-fire at Sidi Rezegh, [1941]. [Waiouru], Q...
Date: 1941 - 1980
From: McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Peter McIntyre's war paintings. [Waiouru], Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum Trust, 1980.
By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)
Reference: C-108-014-a
Description: Shows covered army trucks driving across dusty plain, with a shell exploding in the background. No. 1182 of an edition of 2000. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 380 x 535 mm or smaller, on sheet 440 x 600 mm
McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Convoy under shell-fire at Sidi Rezegh, [1941]. [Waiouru], Q...
Date: 1941 - 1980
From: McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Peter McIntyre's war paintings. [Waiouru], Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum Trust, 1980.
By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)
Reference: C-108-014
Description: Shows covered army trucks driving across dusty plain, with a shell exploding in the background. No 1181 of edition of 2000. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 380 x 535 mm or smaller, on sheet 440 x 600 mm
McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Peter McIntyre's war paintings. [Waiouru], Queen Elizabeth I...
Date: 1941 - 1980 - 1944
By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)
Reference: C-108-011/014
Description: Contents: Infantry patrol in Italy, 1944; Kiwis, 1944; Convoy under shell fire at Sidi Rezegh, 1941; [on cover]: Wounded at Cassino. No. 1181 of edition of 2000. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured, 375 x 530 mm or smaller, on three sheets 440 x 600 mm, and portfolio, plus 1 sheet notes.
National Army Museum, Waiouru
Date: [1980s]
From: Sheffield House Publications Collection
Reference: PA12-10849
Description: National Army Museum, Waiouru. Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies.
National Army Museum, Waiouru
Date: [1980s]
From: Sheffield House Publications Collection
Reference: PA12-10850
Description: National Army Museum, Waiouru. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. 2 colour original negative(s).
Interview with Major General Ronald Hassett
Date: 24 July 2002 - 24 Jul 2002
By: Hassett, Ronald Douglas Patrick (Major General), 1923-2004; Allen, Sherryl, active 2002
Reference: OHColl-0618/1
Description: An interview with Major General Ronald (Ron) Douglas Patrick Hassett, describing his military career. Mentions his childhood, education and role models. Talks about his military training at the Royal Military College of Duntroon in Canberra, involvement during World War II with the artillery in New Zealand, New Guinea, Egypt, Italy (describes battles including Cassino). Recalls time in Palestine, mentions holocaust survivors. Talks about administration at the end of the war. Mentions training school in Austria and Larkhill, and returning to New Zealand in 1951. Talks about war brides. Mentions various business projects and selling ideas to firms in South East Asia. Describes various training posts in New Zealand including Linton, as Brigade Major of Divisional Artillery during compulsory military training, and as chief instructor at Waiouru School of Artillery. Recalls spending time at the Australian Staff College, Queenscliff, Melbourne. Talks about nine months in Korea, Malaysia as Brigade Major of the Commonwealth Brigade, (mentions Brigadier Frank Hassett). Recalls making reconnaissance arrangements for equipment for troops in Vietnam. Discusses his role in the establishment of the Waiouru Army Museum which opened in 1978. Talks about his role as Chief of General Staff 1976 until his retirement in 1978. Interviewer(s) - Sherryl Allen Accompanying material - One colour copy of Major General Hassett in his uniform (midshot) - note printed onto paper - the printer was out of yellow ink. Four black and white copies on paper of the same photo. Accompanying material - Includes Agreement & biographical information form. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-10769 - 70 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3821. Search dates: 1939 - 1990
Photographic prints relating to defence
Date: 1950-2000
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-7327-1-052
Description: Photographs relating to the army, arranged alphabetically from H to W, and navy, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.
[Ephemera of quarto size relating to the New Zealand Army, volunteers, soldiers of regu...
Date: 1960-1989
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the New Zealand Army, volunteers, soldiers of regular forces]
Reference: Eph-B-ARMY-1960/1989
Description: Includes: 1963: 1st Battalion the Hawke's Bay Regiment. Presentation of Colours by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. McLean Park Napier, 10 February 1963. Order of parade. Yellow flier [slightly damaged] 1965: [New Zealand. Army] :A special kind of man! For service abroad with Army's Special Air Service, inquire at your nearest Army Office. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1965 (2 copies) 1968: [New Zealand. Army]: For the most exciting job, go overseas with the infantry. Variety is the spice of life. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1968 (2 copies) [New Zealand. Army. 3rd Infantry Brigade] :Call-up notice - annual camp 1969. 10th December 1968 1969: New Zealand. Army. Waiouru Command :"Empty page". 5 Oct 1968, 24 January 1969, and 30 January 1969 [3 mimeographed sheets] 1970s: [New Zealand Army]. Army officer; the unique profession. For details contact the Army Careers Adviser at your nearest Army office [1970s] (2 copies) As a Territorial in the ASC, you're the supply life line. Make your spare time count; join your local Service Unit. Trentham Camp; phone Upper Hutt 85-739 [1970s?] (2 copies) Territorial Force Volunteers. Wellington 22(D) Battery. Action, challenge, comradeship [1970s] (2 copies) 1976: If you're around 16-17 you can start your career in the Army now [1976] (2 copies) 1977: Your career as a soldier. Folded chart [received 1977] 1978: The Army Memorial Museum; let's keep our heritage [Appeal for building fund. 1978] Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum. [Notice about charity performance of "The wild geese". Embassy Theatre Wellington, 22 October, 1978]. 1981: How does the Army always produce the right man for the job? Army officer; you're in good company [1981] Regular Force cadets; talk to your Careers Adviser or nearest Army Recruiter now! [1981] 1983: ATE; automated test equipment. Putting the punch in the Army fist. Defence Scientific Establishment, Auckland, New Zealand, 1983 1986: New Zealand Army. Looking for rewarding part-time work? 22(D) Battery, Territorial Force, New Zealand Army. [1986]. Photocopy only Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, size varying up to 330 mm.
McIntyre, Peter 1910-1995 :Convoy under shell-fire at Sidi Rezegh, [1941]. [Waiouru], Q...
Date: 1941
By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; National Army Museum (N.Z.)
Reference: C-108-014-b
Description: Shows covered army trucks driving across dusty plain, with a shell exploding in the background. Extended Title - From set "Peter McIntyre's war paintings". Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 380 x 535 mm or smaller, on sheet 440 x 600 mm Provenance: Donated by the Wellington RSA in 1996.
Richard Dell - Papers
Date: 1969-1988
From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11638-17
Description: Professional correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Defence staff are resigning in near-record numbers. So...
Date: 1987
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-136-719
Description: In three scenes a member of the air force escapes from the hatch of a plane on a hang-glider, a soldier lifts a dummy soldier from a box that has been sent from the Waiouru Museum and a sailor with a club press gangs a man. Refers to shortages in defence staff. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on thin card, 320 x 480 mm. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
New Zealanders at War - Promotional material and correspondence
Date: 1980-1981
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-09/13
New Zealanders at War - Correspondence with publishers
Date: 1975-1980
From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection
Reference: 85-080-09/14
Description: Also includes letter from King to Walter; instructions on accessing and using a bach at Buckleton's Bay; and letter from [?] Jim Webber, Paremata Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Army Museum, experience the battlefields of the world. [1993 flyer]
Date: 1993
Reference: ArtEph-1993-A-02
Inward and outward correspondence
Date: 1980
From: Barber, Richard Ainslie, 1914-1981 : Correspondence and papers relating to military history enquiries
Reference: MS-Papers-7816-4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence
Date: Jul 1978-1979
From: Barber, Richard Ainslie, 1914-1981 : Correspondence and papers relating to military history enquiries
Reference: MS-Papers-7816-3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
"We sieved through all the pond scum and bottom feeders and there they were..." 'Waiour...
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007575
Description: Cartoons on political and social issues B&W version of DCDL-0007495 Quantity: 13 digital cartoon(s).
Charles Upham. 3 December, 2007.
Date: 2007
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0004517
Description: Shows Captain Charles Upham who twice won the Victoria Cross for bravery in WW2. He is shown giving the fingers. Refers to the theft from the Waiouru Army Museum of a number of Victoria crosses (Incliding those of Charles Upham) and other important medals. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Is this your best plan for catching the Waiouru medal thieves?" "Shhhh! You'll blow ou...
Date: 2008
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
Reference: DCDL-0005582
Description: Shows A newsreader in the TV3 television studio and two policemen crouching behind her with binoculars. The newsreader asks the policemen if this is the best plan for catching the Waiouru medal thieves and they warn her not to blow their stakeout. Refers to TV3's interview with a disguised man who was involved with the robbery. TV3 had to interview in such a way that the robber was not identified by the police. The medals were returned by negotiation and the police left to try to catch the thieves later. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).