Heritage Centre In the Quartermaster's Store

In 2005 the Trust entered into a agreement with the Department of Conservation to lease the 
Quartermaster's store for the purpose of developing a museum and an area to display guns.  

The Gun Room  

The Gunroom forms the entrance to the proposed heritage centre. The project has 
involved widening the exterior doors to allow the guns to be moved in and out for display on 
open days, the construction of a concrete pad outside the building to allow the guns to be towed
out.  It was also necessary to build an access ramp and cut a door opening to the upper level of 
the Quartermaster's Store, which will become the main display area. Work is proceeding on building the displays.


The Trust has a small but enthusiastic team which has put many hours into cleaning and restoring our 3.inch anti-aircraft gun.

New doors to allow the guns to be moved out

Guns on display on an open day in 2008 on the newly finished concrete pad

View inside the gunroom before lining the ceiling or constructing the ramp

Lining the gunroom ceiling

Cutting access from the gun room to the museum display area

The completed ramp and the new door to the museum display area

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The Radar Hut

The purchase of a radar set which had been used at Godley Head was the stimulus for recreating the radar hut.  The hut has been completed and we are working on completing the display.

Radar hut alongside the toilet block constructed by DOC

Entrance to radar display>

Interior looking towards the radar unit.