war memorials

Memorials register

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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 – 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 as well as honouring returned servicemen and women. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials across the country, or 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, and the pattern of the day's events that occur now began at that

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

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  NCEA2 activities relating to New Zealand's role in the fight for Belgium during the First World War

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• Page 6 - Their names liveth for ever more activityExercise for finding out more about someone who was killed during the

Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium

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  Ever since 1917 Passchendaele has been a byword for the horror of the First World War. The assault on this tiny Belgian village cost the lives of thousands of New Zealand soldiers. But its impact reached far beyond the battlefield, leaving deep scars on many New Zealand communities and families.

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• Page 8 - Remembering the deadJust under 100 war cemeteries in Belgium and around 500 memorials in New Zealand serve as permanent reminders of the terrible toll of 1917.