New Zealand – Page 15 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘A Soldier’s Journey’ explored – with US WWI Memorial sculptor Sabin Howard

US sculptor Sabin Howard tells Centenary News how a visit to New Zealand is helping to shape his designs for America's new National World War I Memorial.

September 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘A Soldier’s Journey’ explored – with US WWI Memorial sculptor Sabin Howard

US sculptor Sabin Howard tells Centenary News how a visit to New Zealand is helping to shape his designs for America’s new National World War I Memorial.

Author: Patrick Gregory

October 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates its ‘darkest day’ at Passchendaele

New Zealanders gathered in Belgium this week to pay tribute to their soldiers who fell at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

October 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine

Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.

October 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine

Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.

Author: Paul Knight

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Hold High The Torch’ – CWGC global remembrance event, November 11

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission invites people to take part in a global remembrance event on Armistice Day, using digital technology to create ‘a wave of light from Sydney to London.’

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Passchendaele ends

Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele on 10 November 1917, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches new charity ‘bridging generation gap’ in remembrance

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is embarking on a new venture, encouraging young people to take forward remembrance of the dead of both world wars.

February 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France invites New Zealanders to create Le Quesnoy peace garden

New Zealand landscapers are invited to submit plans for a memorial peace garden in Le Quesnoy, the French town liberated by New Zealand troops in the last week of the First World War.

April 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Field Marshal Haig calls for ‘Backs to the Wall’ fight to the last

‘There is no other course open to us but to fight it out,’ British commander Sir Douglas Haig ordered on 11 April 1918, rallying his troops against fresh German advances threatening the Channel ports.