A dead horse about to be lowered overboard from the troop transport Knight Templar (HMNZT 22).
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Anzac Day
First observed in 1916, Anzac Day - 25 April - commemorates those killed in war and honours returned servicemen and women. The ceremonies held at war memorials around the country, and in places overseas where New Zealanders gather, are rich in tradition and ritual. Read the full article
Page 8 - Fatalities
This list of 147 fatalities of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force was collated from Commonwealth War Graves Commission records. Most, but not all, died on 25 April
Page 9 - The red poppy
The red poppy has become a symbol of war remembrance the world over. In many countries it is worn on Armistice Day (11 November), but in New Zealand it is most commonly seen on
The 1918 influenza pandemic
The lethal influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918 killed about 9000 people in two months. No other event has claimed so many New Zealand lives in such a short time. Read the full article
Page 1 - The 1918 flu pandemic
The lethal influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918 killed about 9000 people in two months. No other event has claimed so many New Zealand
Page 2 - The pandemic begins abroad
The 1918 influenza pandemic was commonly referred to as ‘the Spanish flu’, but it did not originate in
Page 3 - The pandemic hits New Zealand
Many people believed that the second wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic arrived in New Zealand as ‘a deadly new virus’ on board the RMS
Page 4 - Uneven rates of death
No other event has killed so many New Zealanders in so short a space of time. While the First World War claimed the lives of more than 18,000 New Zealand soldiers over four years,
Page 5 - Response to the influenza pandemic
There was a degree of consistency in New Zealand's response to the influenza pandemic, thanks to a telegram the Health Minister, George Russell, issued to all borough councils and
Page 8 - North Island influenza death rates
Death rates from the 1918 influenza pandemic for towns and counties in the North
Page 9 - South Island influenza death rates
Death rates in South Island towns and counties from the influenza
Tangiwai disaster
New Zealand's worst railway disaster occurred 60 years ago on Christmas Eve 1953, when the Wellington–Auckland night express plunged into the swollen Whangaehu River near Tangiwai. Of the 285 people on board, 151 were killed. The tragedy stunned the world and left a nation in mourning. Read the full article
Page 4 - Dealing with the dead
Identifying victims is a major task following any mass tragedy. A number of circumstances made this process particularly difficult at
Page 5 - Death at Tangiwai: a class affair
Survival at Tangiwai depended on which class of carriage you were travelling
Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium
Ever since 1917 Passchendaele has been a byword for the horror of the First World War. The assault on this tiny Belgian village cost the lives of thousands of New Zealand soldiers. But its impact reached far beyond the battlefield, leaving deep scars on many New Zealand communities and families. Read the full article
Page 3 - The Passchendaele offensive
The failed attempt to capture the town of Passchendaele saw more New Zealanders killed in one day than in any other military campaign since
Passchendaele activities
Why do the events at Passchendaele in October 1917 go largely unnoticed in the New Zealand calendar? Can a case be made for reconsidering the place of Anzac Day in our national calendar? Read the full article
Page 2 - Remembering the dead
Acknowledging the sacrifices of those who served or died was an important way for communities, including schools, to make sense of the human cost of
