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Prebbleton war memorial

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Prebbleton war memorial, just south of Christchurch. The memorial stands in front of the Prebbleton hall.

Oamaru garden of memories

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19th Battalion war memorial at Cashmere

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Tikokino war memorial

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Tikokino war memorial hall.

Glennis Austin, 2010

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

Te Hauke war memorial

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Te Hauke war memorial, including names listed. The memorial is located on SH 2 between Waipawa and Pakipaki

Glennis Austin, 2010

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Pakipaki Second World War memorial

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Pakipaki Second World War and post-Second World War memorial, including names listed.

Glennis Austin, 2010

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

Taranaki Volunteers flag

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The Taranaki Militia and Rifle Volunteers' efforts in 1860 were rewarded by the presentation of an impressive flag in 1861, designed and sewn by the women of the area. Note that the banner with the words "South Africa" in the top right-hand of the flag was added to the corps' colours following their participation in the South African War.

Moutoa flag

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Maori men in front of the Moutoa flag, which was presented by the ladies of Wanganui to lower Whanganui iwi in 1865 to mark their success at Moutoa Island.

Tribal flags with red ensigns

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Various iwi/hapu names are shown on Red Ensigns flying at a reception for His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) during his visit to Rotorua in 1920. A version of the United Tribes flag can be seen at the top of the string of flags, while a Union Jack features towards the bottom of the photograph.

Te Kooti flag

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An ink drawing by Gilbert Mair of Te Kooti's triangular pennant 'Te Wepu'. 'Te Wepu' (the whip) was made for Ngati Kahungunu by nuns at the Greenmeadows Missionary School and measured 52 ft by 4ft (or just under 16m by 1.2m). It was captured by Te Kooti in 1868 and remained in his possession until reseized by Gilbert Mair near Rotorua in 1870. Te Wepu was decorated with a crescent moon, a cross, a six-pointed star, a mountain representing New Zealand and a bleeding heart, thought to symbolise the sufferings of the Maori people.

Flag of Te Ua Haumene

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The top flag depicted by W.F. Gordon is the personal flag of Te Ua Haumene, leader of the Pai Marire faith. The word 'Kenana' (Canaan) represents Haumene's identification with the Jews. The two flags depicted below are those of Titokowaru and Peehi Turoa, two apostles of the faith.

Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: F.7056/41 - W.F. Gordon, Te Ua, Titokowaru and Pehi Turoa flags

King movement flags

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The three flags depicted by W.F. Gordon on the left are those used by the King Movement to mark the appointment of Potatau Te Wherowhero as the first Maori King in 1857. Gordon drew the flags when they were flown at Mataitawa, Taranaki on the anniversary of Potatau's accession in 1862.

The two flags depicted on the right are believed to have been used by supporters of the Pai Marire faith in the 1860s.

Glenshea war memorial park

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Glenshea war memorial park, 2009.

Details from the Glenshea war memorial park, including the swimming baths.

Images: Steve Watters, 2009

PM Sidney Holland

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Sidney George Holland in 1953. He was the National Party's first prime minister, serving from 1949 to 1957.

Monowai – the ship that rescued Anne Frank's father

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The Monowai photographed in Milford Sound during a summer cruise in 1933.

The Monowai's mission of mercy

New Zealand has a small connection to the poignant story of Anne Frank, via her father, Otto, and the merchant ship TSS Monowai.

Dunedin South African War memorial

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The South African War Memorial at the Dunedin Oval. The top of the memorial shows a trooper protecting his mate.

Jock Phillips, c1986

Kia ora memorial

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Kia ora war memorial.

Kia Ora War Memorial comprises a set of wrought Iron gates to a public domain at the corner of Round Hill Rd and Kia Ora - Cormacks Rd.

Two plastered concrete posts bear simple plaques showing the names of servicemen who lost their lives in both world wars. Moeraki pebble (rust coloured) roughcast - as commonly used on many North Otago memorials at the bases. Nicely made light iron gates.

Kakanui memorial

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Kakanui war memorial.

The memorial is a dark grey polished granite square obelisk in three sections on a plastered concrete plinth on three steps. The memorial includes two rose beds and an extensive area of public land on the corner of Kakanui Rd and Fenwick St.

Note there is also a Kakanui memorial grove.

Glencoe memorial grove

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Located beside the access road to Glencoe Domain, 2 km west of Herbert, this memorial follows the pattern of the Maheno and Kakanui memorial groves, a concrete plinth with a sloping top and with an attached, engraved plastic (Traffolite - a type of Formica) plaque.

It is adjacent to seven rimu trees - which comprise the grove.

Enfield war memorial

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The war memorial at Enfield, 10km NW of Oamaru.

The memorial consists of substantial wrought iron gates on concrete pillars with large cast bronze medallions.

Plaques on the two pillars record the names of 15 WW1 servicepersons and two WW2 service persons.

Hillside railway workshops memorial

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This war memorial is on the outside wall of the Hillside railway workshops in Dunedin City.

A pair of polished engraved granite plaques set into a decorative plaster shield with gold engraving records the names of 23 WW1 and 25 WW2 service persons who served in these wars.

Information and images courtesy Bruce Comfort, 2010

Medbury war memorial

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Medbury Second World War memorial near Hurunui.

There is also a Southburn First World War memorial.

Information and images courtesy Lynton Diggle, 2010

Southburn Second World War memorial

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Southburn Second World War memorial avenue.

The Second World War memorial includes a bronze tablet attached to a large volcanic boulder, and an avenue of trees along Caird Road.

There is also a Southburn First World War memorial.

Information and images courtesy Bruce Comfort, 2010

Southburn First World War memorial

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Southburn First World War memorial.

The First World War memorial at Southburn is a square black granite obelisk in 5 sections on a concreted river boulder base with engraved silver wording.

There is also a Southburn Second World War memorial.

Esk Valley war memorial

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Esk Valley war memorial.

Comprises a grey granite square obelisk in two pieces on a concreted river stone base.

New Zealand's interest in Antarctica

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The Ross Sea region of Antarctica which New Zealand has administered since 1923.

New Zealand's involvement in Antarctica

The authors of a 2003 report into what motivates New Zealand's involvement in the Antarctic identified four distinct phases in New Zealand's policy towards the Antarctic. These were:

Gustavus Ferdinand Von Tempsky

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Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky was one of the most flamboyant characters of the New Zealand wars. As this video shows, his talents extended beyond the battlefield.

Read more about Von Tempsky

Tales from Te Papa episode 50. Video supplied via YouTube by Te Papa and TV6

NZ helicopters on Antarctica

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New Zealand based company Helicopters (NZ) Ltd secured its first Antarctic contract with the West German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in 1979. Since 1985 the company has sent teams to Antarctica every summer. The teams and their helicopters are transported to the continent by ship or plane. Their contracts have included tranporting material and personnel to and from supply ships, inshore bases and camps. They have also been contracted by cruise ships for passenger sightseeing.

Charles Heaphy c1867

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Draughtsman, artist, surveyor, explorer, soldier and public servant Charles Heaphy wearing the Victoria Cross he was awarded in 1867.

Hundertwasser koru flag

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One of the best known alternate designs for a new New Zealand flag, alongside the silver fern, is the Hundertwasser flag.

The flag was designed by Austrian painter and artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who gifted it to New Zealand in 1983 in appreciation of becoming a citizen. He proposed it as a secondary flag for New Zealand, rather than as a replacement for the existing flag. Hundertwasser died in 2000 and was buried in New Zealand, which he considered his official home.

Design of the Australian flag

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The flag of Australia.

Calls for a new flag

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The flag proposed by NZFlag.com.

Oxford roll of honour boards

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Oxford First World War roll of honour board.

Oxford Second World War roll of honour board.

Images: Bernard Kingsbury, 2009

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database