
Watch: Episode 1 of Building Gallipoli
Richard Taylor and the rest of the exhibition team reflect on the centenary of WW1 and the importance of Gallipoli to New Zealanders.
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
See how the eight giants featured in Gallipoli came to life at Wētā Workshops.
Corporal Friday Hawkins takes shape, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshop
Adding hair, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
Working on one of the large scale guns, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
Painting Lottie Le Gallais's face, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
The fibreglass body parts of the figures, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
Working on Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
The detail is also in the knees, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
Giant shoes and giant clothes, 2015. Photograph by Wētā Workshops
Richard Taylor and the rest of the exhibition team reflect on the centenary of WW1 and the importance of Gallipoli to New Zealanders.
This ground-breaking exhibition tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I through the eyes and words of eight ordinary New Zealanders who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances.
Temporarily closed
Temporarily closed. Reopening Sat 13 September
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga