Reference

Wars and Conflicts

Categories

* Military Museums
* New Zealand Wars
* The South African War 1899-1902
* World War I
* World War II

Sites

* 28th Māori Battalion Association
Official site of the 28 Māori Battalion Association
* ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day in New Zealand is held on 25 April each year to commemorate New Zealanders killed in war and to honour returned servicemen and women. Pointers to key resources.
* ANZAC Day
Information from the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA)
* Anzac.govt.nz
A guide to Anzac Day for New Zealanders
* Capital Defence
About the built military Heritage of Wellington
* Cenotaph Database
A database of over 33,000 New Zealanders who served in war and conflict from the South African War to the present day, and who are now deceased. It is primarily a roll of honour of those who died as a result of war service, but also includes some personnel who have died since.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Minds memorials in over 150 countries and holds information on the 1.7 million members of the British Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars as well as the 60,000 civilian casualties of WWII. This huge database is online as the Debt of Honour Register. Users may search the Register for "personal and service details and places of commemoration" for relatives and "identify the exact location, by cemetery plot or memorial panel, where any given name is commemorated." Search variables include surname, initials, war or year of death, force, and nationality.
* Defence Service personnel files transferred to Archives New Zealand
The military personnel files of those who served in our Defence Services during the South African War and the First World War have been transferred to Archives New Zealand from the New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives. About how to access these files.
* Ex-Service Memorials and Cemeteries
Unlike many other countries, New Zealand has specifically designated areas within public cemeteries, and stand-alone individual cemeteries, for the interment of veterans, irrespective of whether death was due to service or to natural causes. These are called Services Cemeteries and there are now 178 of these throughout New Zealand. From Veterans' Affairs New Zealand
* Frontier of Chaos?: Maori-European Contact before 1840
Case studies of relations between Maori and European and a discussion of those who crossed between the two cultures. From nzhistory.net
* Lest We Forget Save New Zealand's Memories of War!
This project seeks to encourage New Zealanders to save this precious heritage before it is too late.
* Māori Pioneer Battalion
Photographs of soldiers of the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion, from Auckland City Libraries' Heritage Images Collection.
* National War Memorial
The tomb of the Unknown Warrior
* New Zealand and the Vietnam War
Essay adapted from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. From nzhistory.net From nzhistory.net
* New Zealand Forces in Asia 1949-1972
Essays on the Cold War, Malaya Emergency, Borneo Confrontation and Korean and Vietnam conflicts. From nzhistory.net
* New Zealand in the Korean War
Essay adapted from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. From nzhistory.net From nzhistory.net
* New Zealand War Graves Project
Aims to produce a photographic archive of all graves and primary memorials of New Zealand’s war dead.
* War Art Online
Over 600 images from the National Collection of War Art comprises official pieces of war art, commissioned by the New Zealand government, and other unofficial art works acquired by or donated to government departments. An interactive site including video clips and information about war art and the artists in the collection. From the collection held by Archives New Zealand.
* Wargraves and Memorials in New Zealand
Memorial to the casualties of WW1 & WW2 who are commemorated in New Zealand. It includes web links photographs and service records of those remembered.
* Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society Wellington