New Zealand – Page 4 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

NZ On Air awards contract for live TV coverage of Chunuk Bair service for Gallipoli Centenary

NZ On Air has awarded Maori Television a contract for the live television coverage of the Anzac Day 2015 commemorative service at Chunuk Bair in Turkey.

January 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Applications for 2015 Anzac Day Gallipoli ticket ballot close

Applications to take part in a ballot for tickets to attend Gallipoli for the Anzac Centenary in 2015 have closed.

April 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australia and New Zealand announce results of ballots for Gallipoli 2015 Anzac Day tickets

Australians and New Zealanders who’ve been successful in ballots for tickets to the Centenary Anzac Day service at Gallipoli in 2015 have been notified by their governments.

April 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand announces $9.1 million lottery cash for First World War Centenary projects

Eighty projects commemorating New Zealand’s role in the First World War have been awarded NZ$ 9.1 million in the latest lottery grants.

April 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Anzac Day: Prince William and Catherine take part in Australia’s commemorations of Gallipoli campaign

Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have taken part in Anzac Day ceremonies in the Australian capital, Canberra, marking the 99th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary Education Project receives £100,000 Heritage Lottery Fund support

A research project which will bring together young people from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Turkey to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign has received £100,000 funding support.

May 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary countdown: view of key events coming up in Summer 2014 to mark the First World War Centenary

With less than two months to go before the First World War Centenary commemorations get under way in earnest, Centenary News lists key events taking place in the summer of 2014.

May 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Replica trench system to be constructed in New Zealand granted $156,000

Plans to construct a First World War replica trench system to mark the Centenary of the conflict have received a $156,000 boost.

May 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand locomotive ‘Passchendaele’ returns to active service for First World War Centenary

A steam locomotive named ‘Passchendaele’ in memory of New Zealand Railways staff who died in the First World War has been restored in time for the Centenary.

May 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Heritage chief becomes first woman to lead Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has appointed Victoria Wallace, Chief Executive of Leeds Castle, as its next Director General. She succeeds Alan Pateman-Jones who’s standing down in June 2014.