| National War Memorial | |
|---|---|
Te Maharatanga Pakanga o te Motu | |
| New Zealand | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:National_War_Memorial_in_Wellington_(2).jpg) The memorial's distinctive carillon | |
| For New Zealand dead of South African War, World Wars I and II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam | |
| Unveiled | Anzac Day (25 April) 1932 |
| Location | 41°17′56.4″S 174°46′37.7″E / 41.299000°S 174.777139°E Wellington, New Zealand |
| Designed by | Gummer and Ford |
| Designated | 28 June 1990 |
| Reference no. | 1410 |
The National War Memorial of New Zealand is located next to the Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. The war memorial was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day (25 April) in commemoration of the First World War. It also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The War Memorial consists of the War Memorial Carillon, the Hall of Memories, and an unknown New Zealand warrior interred in a tomb constructed in 2004 in front of the Hall of Memories. It was registered in 1990 by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Place.[1]
Four Rolls of Honour bear the names and ranks of 28,654 New Zealanders. Lyndon Smith's bronze statue of a family group is the focal point for the complex, which in 2018, after refurbishment, was said to have 60,000 visitors per year.[2]
The carillon and Hall of Memories closed for earthquake strengthening and refurbishment in 2012. The Hall of Memories reopened in 2015 and the carillon in 2018, but both were closed again in February 2020 for further work and are not expected to reopen until mid-2027.
In January 2023 The Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced that it was considering placing the War Memorial (the carillon, Hall of Memories and Tomb of the Unknown Warrior) on to its National Historic Landmark list which was launched in 2019.[3][4]
- ^ "National War Memorial". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gourley, Erin (3 February 2023). "Wellington's Pukeahu war memorial could get official landmark status". Stuff. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 5 February 2023.