Dambuster Les Munro will present his medals and associated memorabilia to Auckland's Motat museum at a special ceremony today.
The medals and memorabilia were handed over at the Bomber Command Memorial in London last month by Christopher Hill from auction house Dix Noonan Webb, and will now be donated to the Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat).
Mr Munro, 95, the last surviving Dambuster pilot, had planned to sell the medals to raise money for the upkeep of London's Bomber Command Memorial.
However, he then agreed to a deal proposed by Lord Ashcroft, who offered to donate $150,000 towards the memorial's ongoing upkeep.
In return, Mr Munro has donated his medals, logbooks and other memorabilia to Motat.