More links and websites
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Anzac Day
From the NZHistory.net.nz site, an exhibition which includes essays on the history of Anzac Day, with paintings from the national war art collection, campaign maps, and biographies of people who served at Gallipoli.
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New Zealand in the Second World War
The NZHistory.net.nz site has prepared a number of exhibitions about New Zealanders' experiences of the Second World War at home and overseas.
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New Zealand in the South African ('Boer') War, 1899–1902
An exhibition from NZHistory.net.nz that examines New Zealand's participation in the South African War and what it meant to New Zealanders.
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New Zealand women and the vote: suffrage and beyond
The history and meaning of women's suffrage in New Zealand, presented by NZHistory.net.nz.
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Royal visit of 1953–54
Find out what Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip said about New Zealand identity when they visited in the 1950s.
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Waitangi Day: a history
A history of the changing significance of Waitangi Day for New Zealanders, presented by NZHistory.net.nz.
More suggestions and sources
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Coney, Sandra, and Liz Greenslade. Standing in the sunshine: a history of New Zealand women since they won the vote. Auckland: Viking, 1993.
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Phillips, Jock. A man’s country?: the image of the Pakeha male, a history. Rev. ed. Auckland: Penguin, 1996.
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Salmond, Anne. Two worlds: first meetings between Maori and Europeans, 1642–1772. Auckland: Viking, 1991.
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Sinclair, Keith. A destiny apart: New Zealand’s search for national identity. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson, 1986.
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Walker, Ranginui. Struggle without end. Auckland: Penguin, 1990.