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The Auckland War Memorial Museum (Māori: Tāmaki Paenga Hira), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, [ 10 ] the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain , near Auckland CBD .
Auckland War Memorial Museum's Online Cenotaph is a biographical database and living memorial to people who served for Aotearoa New Zealand in conflict. This project will utilise the extensive and ever-growing database to create, strengthen and diversify information about Aotearoa New Zealand's war history.
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 War Memorial Museum in the Auckland Domain is the site of the largest annual ANZAC service in Auckland. [38] White crosses erected on the field in front of the War Memorial Museum, commemorate the people that died in the New Zealand Wars and the New Zealand military personnel that died from wars fought overseas (beginning with the South ...
Watch as Britain marks Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, commemorating British military service members who died in both World Wars and later conflicts. The nation fell silent on ...
Formed as the Auckland Philosophical Society on 6 November 1867, for "the promotion of art, science, and literature by means of a museum and library, lectures, and meetings of the members", with a view to incorporation with the newly created New Zealand Institute and adopting the Auckland Museum, [6] [7] [8] the Society was fittingly renamed the Auckland Institute in March 1868 and formally ...
People associated with the Auckland War Memorial Museum (1 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Auckland War Memorial Museum" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Remembrance Sunday 2024 is being marked at London's Cenotaph with its annual wreath-laying ceremony, ahead of a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT. Members of the Royal family will join politicians ...