During WW1, those at home were encourag...
In this sound clip Tānga Tomoana descri...
The battleship HMS New Zealand was a g...
In the war years, home movie-making in New&n...
When war was declared in August 1914, N...
After six weeks in training camp, the Auckla...
Compulsory military training was establ...
Although the details are uncertain, this bri...
After taking part in major naval battles at ...
Leonard Leary was a law student at Vict...
Horses were among the unsung heroes of ...
“To-day is Taranaki Cup day – the sport...
In the years around the First World War...
In 1912 Ellerslie was still a young suburb o...
It was the most spectacular parade that...
Ena Ryan was born in the prosperous Wel...
Six of Helena Barnard’s eight sons went...
Ena Ryan of Wellington was a young girl ...
When HMS New Zealand visited the Ci...
In 1913 the brand-new HMS New Zealand ste...
There was a sharp divide between rich and po...
At the outbreak of the war, a commonly expre...
This rare film records a civic ceremony...
As part of their full 16-week training ...
Raising the main body of the NZEF was a...
Tahuna Park in Dunedin was the initial ...
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZ...
On Saturday 5 February 1916, the 3rd Mā...
This film shows a panoramic view of Trentham...
On 15 July 1915 the transport ship Will...
In 1916 the New Zealand Government intr...
Ena Ryan was born in the upper-middle c...
The Victoria College Officers’ Training Corp...
Many men who had been invalided back to New ...
In this excerpt, Millicent Baxter recalls he...
Duncan McCormack was a working-class sociali...
This 1980 ‘Spectrum’ radio documentary&nb...
Harry Kennedy was a long-time picture t...
Harry Kennedy was a long-time picture t...
Although there were no sound tracks rec...
This photograph shows Henry Gore, a pro...
Cinema managers pulled out every trick ...
The experience of the cinema-going publ...
Shot on 16 November 1916, the day of th...