National War Memorial

The National War Memorial with the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in the foreground.

The Memorial is actually two buildings from two different eras. The art-deco Carillon tower opened on Anzac Day 1932, and the Hall of Memories was completed in 1964.

It was the same architects, Gummer & Ford and the same builder, P Graham & Sons, who completed the project over a thirty year period.

The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior contains the remains of a New Zealand soldier who died on the Western Front during the First World War, but whose body could not be identified. He was re-interred in his new Tomb on Armistice Day, 11 November 2004. He is a symbol of remembrance for all the New Zealanders who never made the journey home.

Read more about the National War Memorial, now part of Pukeahu National War Memorial Park