Operation Valour was the name the New Zealand Police gave to the investigation into the theft of medals from Waiouru Army Museum on 2 December 2007. The medals were recovered in February 2008.
This gallery shows images of the medal groups stolen and the individuals and stories behind what made these medals so special and important to all New Zealanders.
Biographies of the medal recipients can be download in pdf format at our Operation Valour media page.