National Army Museum

The National Army Museum is the museum of the New Zealand Army. It was formerly known as the Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum. It is located on State Highway One, on the southern side of the small military town of Waiouru.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Waiouru, New Zealand
Also known as: “Army Museum Waiouru”, “National Army Museum (N.Z.)”, “National Army Museum Te Mata Toa”, “National Army Museum Waiouru”, and “NZ National Army Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waiouru Military Camp.

Waiouru Military Camp

Military installation

Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.

Waiouru Military Camp is a camp of the New Zealand Army in the central North Island of New Zealand near Waiouru. All New Zealand Army soldiers complete their initial basic training, the All Arms Recruit Course, at Waiouru Military Camp. Waiouru Military Camp is situated 1½ km northeast of National Army Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waiouru and Tangiwai.

Waiouru

Village

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Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, 130 km north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu.

Tangiwai

Locality

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Tangiwai is a 2,696.66-square-kilometre census area and a small rural community in the Ruapehu District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Tangiwai is situated 7 km west of National Army Museum.

National Army Museum

Categories: military museum, national museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.4813° or 39° 28′ 53″ south

Longitude

175.67011° or 175° 40′ 12″ east

Open location code

4VGQGM9C+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139076712

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q3330644

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Maori—“National Army Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “新西蘭國家軍事博物館”
French: “musée militaire de Nouvelle-Zélande”
French: “Musée national de l’armée néo-zélandaise”
Japanese: “ニュージーランド陸軍博物館”
Japanese: “国立軍事博物館 (ニュージーランド)”
Japanese: “国立陸軍博物館 (ニュージーランド)”
Maori: “Te Mata Toa”

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