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Kōrero: First World War

Christchurch cavern, Arras, 1917

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Christchurch cavern, Arras, 1917

The New Zealand Tunnelling Company made a significant contribution to the capture of Vimy ridge in April 1917. They built a series of caverns and tunnels which allowed forces to advance undetected. The company named the tunnels after New Zealand cities, in this case Christchurch.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-013758-G

by Henry Armytage Sanders

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ian McGibbon, First World War – Western Front, 1916 to 1917, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34124/christchurch-cavern-arras-1917 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ian McGibbon, i tāngia i te 16 April 2012.