war memorials

Memorials register

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  Find exact locations and further information for more than 1000 memorials throughout New Zealand.

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• Page 4 – Living memorials projects

  Scion, the Crown Research Institute for the forestry sector, has provided approximately 50 seedlings to be planted around New Zealand as First World War memorials

South African War memorials

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  During the second half of the 19th century a tradition developed in Britain to erect war memorials to those who had died in foreign wars and had no grave at home.

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• Page 1 - South African War memorials During the second half of the 19th century a tradition developed in Britain to erect war memorials to those who had died in foreign wars and had no grave at

First World War memorials

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  The New Zealand war memorials of the First World War have become part of the common fabric of our lives, like stop signs or lamp-posts. Virtually every township in the country has one, usually in the main street.

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• Page 2 – Remembering the dead

  430 war cemeteries in Northern France, Belgium and the UK and more than 500 public memorials in New Zealand serve as permanent reminders of the terrible toll of the First World

• Page 3 – Further information

  Links and books relating to New Zealand's First World War memorials

Anzac Day

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  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.

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• Page 4 - The making of Anzac DayAnzac Day was made a half-day holiday in 1916, when the pattern of the day's events began to be

Anzac Day in the Pacific

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  Armistice Day was the initial focal point for commemorations in the Cook Islands and Niue after the First World War. But because men from both countries had served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, observances gradually shifted to Anzac Day in April

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• Page 3 – The growth of Anzac Day

  By the end of the Second World War military commemorations in the Cook Islands and Niue centered around Anzac Day. Services in both countries followed the pattern of those in

• Page 4 – Present day commemorations

  In the new millennium there has been increasing interest in the story of Pacific Island involvement in the First World War. In the Cook Islands there have been efforts to

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?

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• Page 5 - Their names liveth for ever more activityExercise for finding out more about someone who was killed during the