WW100 – New Zealand's First World War Centenary Programme ran from 2014 to 2019

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NZ'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY 2014–2019

News

Queen Elizabeth II Pukeahu Education Centre opens
17 August 2016

Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Maggie Barry has welcomed the official opening of the new education centre at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington today.

Passchendaele multi-media competition opens
11 August 2016

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Craig Foss has launched the 2016 Battle of Passchendaele Multi-Media Competition, which is open to Year 13 students.

ANZAC Heroes wins Margaret Mahy book of the year
09 August 2016

ANZAC Heroes – a book supported through Creative New Zealand's WW100 Co-commissioning Fund – won 2016's Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award in the prestigious New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Shortlist for the French memorial at Wellington’s Pukeahu National War memorial Park revealed
03 August 2016

Four proposals inspired by a creative dialogue between France and New Zealand will undergo further consideration from a jury made of French and New Zealand members before the winning design is announced in November.

Médaillé Extraordinaire exhibition opens in France
07 July 2016

Médaillé Extraordinaire, the first exhibition bringing to light the remarkable story of a New Zealander whose glittering military career spanned 20 years in France’s Foreign Legion, opens in France in July 2016.

New Zealand Defence Force to march in Bastille Day parade in France
28 June 2016

Regimental colours and banners representing New Zealand units that served in the First World War will be paraded by New Zealand Defence Force personnel on the Champs-Élysèes during France's Bastille Day military parade.

Minister Tolley to attend Somme commemorations
27 June 2016

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley will represent the New Zealand government at First World War centenary commemoration events in England and France around the centenary of the commencement of the Battle of the Somme.

Otago and French experts bring WWI tunnels to wider audience
24 June 2016

Staff and a student from Otago’s National School of Surveying are currently using 3D laser scanning to map the tunnels and caves beneath Arras, creating a stunning virtual world to be explored from the safety of their newly launched website.

Revealing the history of iconic Shakespeare Hut
14 June 2016

A forgotten building that was a safe haven for thousands of New Zealand soldiers during the First World War and which opened in London 100 years ago, is to be remembered with a special installation and dramatic re-enactments.

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