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

Remembering them on Armistice Day
15 November 2018

The final daily Last Post of First World War centenary was performed at a Sunset Ceremony to mark the centenary of the Armistice which ended the First World War.

NZDF to mark Armistice Centenary
07 November 2018

Nearly 300 New Zealand Defence Force personnel will gather in Wellington to support the centenary of the Armistice, which ended the First World War, on Sunday, 11 November.

Bells across New Zealand to ring out for the Armistice Centenary
06 November 2018

Belltowers throughout New Zealand will be ringing out in the Roaring Chorus – one way that WW100 is suggesting New Zealanders commemorate the upcoming Armistice Centenary – and in doing so join Armistice bellringing campaigns across the world.

The TSS Earnslaw Brings the Roaring Chorus to Queenstown
02 November 2018

The TSS Earnslaw is set to make a touching tribute to the Armistice Centenary Roaring Chorus, and it is all because of a letter written by a young Kinloch girl to the children’s column in her local newspaper a hundred years ago.

Online Exhibition ensures Canterbury's war stories aren't forgotten
01 November 2018

Canterbury Museum has launched an online version of its exhibition Canterbury and World War One: Lives Lost, Lives Changed.

New Zealand to mark final major action of the First World War at Le Quesnoy in national commemoration
01 November 2018

New Zealand to mark final major action of the First World War at Le Quesnoy in national commemoration.

New Zealand to Make a Roaring Chorus of Noise for the Armistice Centenary
30 October 2018

New Zealanders are responding on land and at sea to WW100’s call to create a Roaring Chorus to mark the centenary of the Armistice that ended the First World War in 1918.

Victory Medal tours to Le Quesnoy
29 October 2018

After touring New Zealand museums and sites of significance in Europe, the ‘Victory Medal’ sculpture is set to be unveiled in Le Quesnoy – site of New Zealand's last action on the Western Front.

New Zealand to mark Armistice centenary – 11 November 2018
11 October 2018

New Zealanders everywhere are invited on Sunday 11 November to commemorate 100 years since the signing of the Armistice that ended the First World War in 1918.

Dedication of Featherston Camp Sculpture
05 October 2018

The $650,000 Paul Dibble sculpture commemorating the First World War Featherston Military Camp — New Zealand’s largest military camp — will be dedicated on Saturday 10 November.

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