NZ'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY 2014–2019

Activities & Projects

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Publication of La Basse-Ville 1917: New Zealand Voices from Flanders Fields

Retired Belgian judge Dominique Cooreman unearthed an almost forgotten battle in Belgium, where more than 1000 NZ soldiers were killed between mid-June to the end of August 1917.

Topics: Belgium, military history, social history, Family History, Publications Audience: Teachers, secondary students, Families, historians
Category: Publications and online resources, Research or lifelong learning, Conferences, public talks, symposiums
Organised by: Dominique Cooreman
Darlimurla Letters Book Project

An edited letter collection based on those written between Trish Macky's great grandparents, culminating in the Lusitania disaster of May 1915.

Topics: Books, Lusitania, letters, social history Audience: Teachers, historians, WWI enthusiasts, book clubs Located in: New Zealand, Hamilton
Category: Publications and online resources, Research or lifelong learning, Preservation, conservation or protection
Organised by: Patricia (Trish) Macky
Hamilton 'They Also Serve' - Songs and Stories of NZ Women in World War One

Ilona Rodgers and Cathie Harrop and musicians, bring to towns around the country the stories and music of New Zealand women at home and abroad during the First World War.

Topics: Performances, Archival research, social history, Events Audience: communities, Teachers, Students, historians, Families Located in: New Zealand, Hamilton
Category: Research or lifelong learning, Concerts, festivals or performances
Organised by: Cathie Harrop and Ilona Rodgers, Tamaki Paenga Hira - Auckland War Memorial Museum