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The National War Memorial of New Zealand is located next to the Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. The war memorial was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day (25 April) in commemoration of the First World War .
New Zealand Wars Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa; Memorial in the Auckland War Memorial Museum for all who died in the New Zealand Wars. "Kia mate toa" translates as "fight unto death" or "be strong in death", and is the motto of the Otago and Southland Regiment of the New Zealand Army.
The New Zealand Wars Memorial in Auckland commemorates imperial and Māori troops during the New Zealand Wars who were allied with British forces. The statue was commissioned by the Victoria League and sculpted by Thomas Eyre Macklin. The statue has been frequently subject to protests since its opening in 1920. [1]
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The First World War Memorial Beacon is a war memorial on Quay Street in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. New Zealand's first built World War I memorial, it was first unveiled in 1915, before being lost in the 1960s. It was rediscovered and restored in 1999–2000, at which time it was placed outside the New Zealand Maritime Museum. It ...
The Citizens' War Memorial (or Soldiers' War Memorial) [10] was unveiled on 9 June 1937 by Colonel S C P Nicholls, with Archbishop Julius conducting the service. [11] It was erected next to the cathedral on a site which had been occupied by the statue of John Robert Godley, which was moved back to its original location. [7]
The government said the decision to cancel the event planned at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park was made for the health and safety of veterans, visitors and guests, The New Zealand Herald reported.
The Abel Tasman Monument is a memorial to the first recorded contact between Europeans—led by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman—and Māori in New Zealand's Golden Bay on 18 and 19 December 1642. It was unveiled on the tercentenary of the encounter by the prime minister , several government ministers, and a Dutch delegation.