Images
Eleanor Roosevelt's visit, 1943
US troops leaving Auckland
Laying a wreath on US Memorial Day
Eleanor Roosevelt visits New Zealand
US servicemen learning to carve
US Marines learning Māori dance
US Marine learns Māori dancing
American servicemen at Ngāruawāhia regatta, 1943
American officer and Tainui kuia
American servicemen with 'land girls'
American supplies on Wellington wharves
US serviceman gives a French horn lesson
American soldiers visiting Orākei Kōrako
Americans with female friends at Oriental Bay
American serviceman chatting up Kiwi woman
Dancing at Majestic Cabaret
Dance band at the Majestic Cabaret
American servicemen taking tea
Kiwi family hosting Marines
American sailor compares dollars and pounds
Americans and New Zealanders meet on street
US Marines at Oriental Bay
Marine's parade in Wellington
American servicemen at a milk bar
Mending clothes for Marines
American Red Cross Cecil Club, Wellington
Americans dancing at Camp McKay
US troops listening to Artie Shaw
US servicemen playing rugby
American servicemen playing cards
American nurses in New Zealand, 1943
Awarding Purple Hearts to US servicemen, 1943
Hospital ward for US Forces in New Zealand
Mock military landing at Mahia
Exhausted US troops at Pukekohe
US forces at Camp McKay store
US Marines in mess queue
US forces at Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 1942
Movie theatre at Hutt Park
US forces camp in Central Park, Wellington
Camps McKay and Russell, Paekākāriki
Camp Hale, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Marine unloading supplies
Building food store at Pāuatahanui
Shop display for Liberty Bonds
Map of the Pacific theatre, 1941-1945
US Marines arriving at Wellington, 1942
Marines arrive in Wellington
Graph showing US forces in New Zealand
Personal effects of an American killed in the Pacific war
War brides leaving for the US
Milkshakes at the New Ritz Bar
United States servicemen at Hotel Cecil
United States Navy tragedy at Paekākāriki
US troops march along Queen Street, Auckland
US Marines training in the Tararua Ranges
'Come and fight the Yanks'
Unloading vegetables at US camp
First American soldier lands on NZ soil
US Marine Corps memorial, Wellington
US Navy tragedy memorial
Video
US Marines playing baseball in Wellington
Arrival of US forces in New Zealand
Allies in the South Pacific
NZ Brides for America
The Americans depart New Zealand
Frank Zalot - a survivor's tale
Sound
Sound: Marines reunion
Sound: brothels in Wellington
Sound: US forces and VD
Sound: Marines and military police in New Zealand
Sound: meeting US troops
Sound: Marines arrive in Wellington
Sound: war brides in Second World War
Sound: meeting and marrying a US serviceman
Sound: war brides going to America
'Nobody consulted us'
Interactive
Meet New Zealand guide
US military forces in New Zealand map