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Paraire Tomoana, NZ Music Month Feature
Welcome to May and to NZ Music Month! We have some exciting things lined up for you on the He kōrero o te wa blog, so make sure you keep an eye out! I would like to kick off NZ music month here with a...
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Remembering WW1 on Anzac Day
On 25 April 1915, New Zealanders along with other Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, with the aim of taking the Dardanelles, and threatening the Ottoman capital, Constantinople...
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Fiction and World War One
World War One had a dramatic effect on fiction at the time, as well as on the future course of literature. Not only did it give rise to the booming and still very popular genre of World War One...
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World War I online resources for children Part 1
Over the next year many schools will have a World War One focus, requiring children to research some aspect of the war, or the war time era. The list of potential topics is long and the sheer amount of...
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World War I online resources for children Part 2
Over the next year many schools will have a World War One focus, requiring children to research some aspect of the war, or the war time era. The list of potential topics is long and the sheer amount of...
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WWI Soldiers and Archived Records
For New Zealanders April 25th is the day we remember those from our nation who left our shores to fight in wars. For many of us it’s the day we wear a red poppy and perhaps attend the local memorial...
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World War I online resources for children Part 3
Over the next year many schools will have a World War One focus, requiring children to research some aspect of the war, or the war time era. The list of potential topics is long and the sheer amount of...
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Christmas in the trenches – some very special greetings
In 2008, Sarah Ell collated a selection of New Zealand Christmas images, including Christmas cards, Christmas day dinner menus, photographs, advertisements and poster art, from the Alexander Turnbull...
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Socks & Plum Pudding for Christmas
In 1912, Lord Liverpool became governor of New Zealand. Alongside him, stood his wife, Annette Louise Foljambe, Countess of Liverpool. As soon as the War started in 1914, Lady Liverpool became an...
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“Offspring of the battlefield”– WWI Kiwi soldiers in their own words at WCL
100 years on from the First World War, there is no shortage of beautifully researched and written books on the subject by historians, sociologists, poets and others. Over the last few months,...
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Nursing our boys: a Kiwi aboard the first hospital ship
Charlotte (Lottie) Le Gallais is a distant relative of mine, who joined the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps. Her registration details can be found in the New Zealand Registers of Medical...
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Gathering at Gallipoli
Since our troops landed there on 25 April 1915, Gallipoli has been a destination of great significance for New Zealanders of all ages. The trek to Gallipoli is even more meaningful this year, as we...
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Commemorating ANZAC these April school holidays
Mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli beach landings by ANZAC forces in 1915 at your local libraries and community centres during the April school holidays. Your kids can discover New Zealand’s...
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Large scale ANZAC display at the Central Library
For the past year, in the lead up to the Centenary of the Gallipoli landings, Wellington City librarians have been producing a series of contributions highlighting various aspects of our collection...
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ANZAC Day – Your Ancestors’ Military Past
Interested in researching your family history? From time to time we’ll be posting genealogy facts and advice here on the News Blog. For other blog entries on genealogy, click on the tag “genealogy” at...
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Librarian at Gallipoli – WW100 commemorations diary
Adrienne, our Children’s & Young Adult Services Coordinator, received a double pass to the WW100 commemorations in Turkey as part of the Government-run ballot system. Here’s her report from the...
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The art of war: the First World War in paintings, photographs, posters and...
By 1916 Britain, Australia and Canada had each established official war art programmes to document their country’s activities in the First World War and to use for propaganda purposes. Muirhead Bone...
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WWI series: Conscientious Objectors in the Library
“The heroes of war are publicly honoured, and their brave deeds are taught to children… (while) the heroes of peace most often go unrecognised.” So wrote Elsie Locke, in her introduction to Bread and...
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