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Steamers at Hokitika, 1866
nzhistory.govt.nzNew Zealand in the 1860s – before the Vogel rail boom of the 1870s – was a maritime frontier, a string of largely isolated coastal enclaves linked by sailing ships and steamers. Sea travel was slow, weather-dependent, and often uncomfortable. New Zealand’s rugged coastline, changeable weather ...
The Devil’s Nest road
nzhistory.govt.nzThe Devil’s Nest – The Great South Road, circa 1863. An all-weather road was an essential prerequisite for an invasion of the Waikato basin. Overland access to the Waikato River from Auckland was severely restricted by densely wooded hills. Even the outlying settlements of Papakura and Drury were ...
Mt Hector war memorial
nzhistory.govt.nz1950, a large working party drawn from all the clubs toiled up from Otaki Forks in typically atrocious Tararua weather carrying the cross (which weighed more than 200 pounds), the plaque, cement and gravel from the river. On the exposed tops there was so much wind and rain that only the cross bearers ...
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Ida Te Pou, Bob Gillies and Aubrey Balzer relax, talk and get some respite from the intensely hot Taupō weather inside the RSA.
Not to be reproduced without the permission of Harima Fraser Ida Te Pou, Bob Gillies and Aubrey Balzer, Taupō 2010 Ida Te Pou, Bob Gillies and Aubrey Balzer, ...First trans-Tasman flight touches down
nzhistory.govt.nzas radio operator. Though the flight had been postponed for a week in the hope of good weather over the Tasman, they struck thunderstorms throughout the night after taking off from Richmond, west of Sydney, in the evening. While McWilliams struggled to repair the radio equipment, which had failed ...
Recovering the flight recorders from Erebus
nzhistory.govt.nzhours of light During summer Antarctica experiences 24 hours of daylight, so the site investigation and recovery operation could continue at any hour so long as the weather held. As the surveyors began to survey the site and lay out a grid system and a helipad, the investigators began searching the ...
SS Penguin wrecked in Cook Strait
nzhistory.govt.nzOn the evening of 12 February 1909, the Union Steam Ship Company passenger steamer Penguin left Picton for Wellington in fine weather. Conditions quickly deteriorated as the Penguin reached Cook Strait. As the weather closed in, familiar landmarks disappeared. Unable to see Pencarrow light, ...
Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff
nzhistory.govt.nzUnfortunately, Southland’s first railway had been a costly flop. The Makarewa line was built with wooden rails which in wet weather became slippery and were crushed by the tiny locomotives; in dry weather, sparks sometimes set the track alight. A visiting journalist recalled how on one occasion, passengers were: ...
1921 Springbok tour programme
nzhistory.govt.nzThe official programme for the 1921 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand. The South Africans lost the first test in Dunedin 13–5 before winning 9–5 in Auckland. The deciding test, played at Wellington’s Athletic Park in awful weather, ended in a scoreless draw, leaving the series tied 1–1. ...
Koru capsule on Mt Erebus
nzhistory.govt.nzof the victims of the disaster who were visiting Antarctica, but bad weather prevented this. It was eventually taken to the site in January 2010. Part of: Remembering Erebus Image: © R McPhail. memorials erebus disaster antarctica ...
SS Penguin plaque
nzhistory.govt.nzthe site during a ceremony to mark the disaster's centenary on 12 February 2009, but the event was moved to Makara Hall because of bad weather. Image courtesy of Wellington City Council, 2010 Other memorials disasters shipping cook strait ...
Choosing a New Zealand Flag
mch.govt.nzFlagSeller: http://flagseller.co.nz Flag & Banner Company: http://flagsandbanners.co.nz, 0800 435 247. The Ministry does not hold any supplies of the New Zealand Flag. Storm flags for bad weather The Flag shouldn’t be lowered because of bad weather. Smaller storm flags can be used when wind speeds are ...
Mt Ruapehu air crash kills 13
nzhistory.govt.nzas expected. An intensive aerial search was mounted. Numerous military and civil aircraft searched each day until the light failed or they were stopped by bad weather. But with hundreds of people saying they had heard an aircraft in trouble, their efforts were dispersed across the centre of the North ...
Early days
nzhistory.govt.nzreceived similar treatment. As the boats approached the beach, boatmen waded out, took the passengers on their backs and carried them ashore. This was possible only in fine, calm weather. Ships’ captains kept a weather eye on the horizon. At the first sign of danger or a shift in the wind, work stopped and ...
Polar blast sweeps the country
nzhistory.govt.nzNew Zealand’s heaviest snowfall in decades closed airports and schools, forced the cancellation of buses and trains, caused electricity blackouts and cut off many communities across the country. Weather watchers described the storm as ‘a once in a lifetime event’. While the South Island was ...
Auckland railway station memorial gardens
nzhistory.govt.nzsold and partly converted into student accommodation. Due to weather leakage problems a major upgrade had to be undertaken which resulted in the current Grand Central Apartments. The First World War roll of honour board is located on the promenade level. All suburban trains now use the Britomart ...
South Auckland military posts and scenes of engagements 1863
nzhistory.govt.nzall-weather road was vital to the British plans to occupy the Waikato basin. The sites of a number of engagements along the road are indicated, as are those of the encounters at Koheroa, Meremere and Rangiriri which followed the initial invasion of Waikato on 12 July 1863. Alexander Turnbull Library ...
Early evening news on TV
nzhistory.govt.nzscreened sometime between 6 and 8 p.m. The first news programmes shown in the early 1960s consisted entirely of overseas film. Local news and weather and a national news bulletin were soon added. Since then the content of the news has remained largely the same. The amount of local and regional news ...
Jean Batten reaches Auckland after epic solo flight
nzhistory.govt.nzBatten had installed two extra petrol tanks in her low-winged monoplane, a Percival (Vega) Gull. But to reach Australia she still had to land and refuel at numerous locations across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. En route she slept little, flying day and night, sometimes in bad weather. She arrived in ...
Strikes and strandings
nzhistory.govt.nzStrikes … again The Cook Strait ferries were vital to the flow of freight and passengers between the North and South islands (especially before the days of cheap air travel). Any interruptions, whether they were caused by bad weather, mechanical problems or strikes and lockouts, inevitably hit the ...
Fifteen die in mysterious shipwreck
nzhistory.govt.nzThe Holmglen was only three years old and was not overloaded. Although the weather at the time was poor, it should not have troubled a vessel of its size. There was speculation that shifting deck cargo, or some other instability, caused the ship to suddenly heel. An examination of the wreck by divers and ...
Parliament's first sitting in Auckland
nzhistory.govt.nzThough the day was auspicious – it was Queen Victoria’s birthday – the weather was wet and miserable and the parliamentary building was not yet completed. Still, there was excitement in the air as New Zealand took an important step in its history. The colony’s first elected parliamentarians, all 37 of ...
New Zealand's first sheep released
nzhistory.govt.nzZealand’s sheep are Romney, an English breed capable of producing both wool and meat of good quality. Romneys are also able to tolerate New Zealand’s varied weather. Waimate mission station, 1845 (Alexander Turnbull Library, PUBL-0144-1-330) ...
Trevor Hatherton during the IGY 1957-58
nzhistory.govt.nzprovided weather data for incoming American aircraft, and conducted research in the fields of aurora, geomagnetism, ionosphere and seismology. Image: © J W Beagley, Antarctica NZ Pictorial Collection: BSPe143 Permission of Antarctica New Zealand must be obtained before any reuse of this image. antarctica ...
Mrs Muir
nzhistory.govt.nzElizabeth died on 12 December 1905, 'the funeral, despite the very wet weather yesterday, was followed by many friends who were devotedly attached to the kindly old lady.' David died in 1911, they are buried in the Warepa Cemetery, South Otago. Sources BDM online NZ ...
Rail tunnel pierces the Southern Alps
nzhistory.govt.nzwork the following year, but the project was plagued by engineering problems, extreme weather and labour shortages, forcing the PWD to step in again. When the two ends of the tunnel were joined in 1918, the surveyors’ centre lines were less than 30 mm apart, impressive accuracy for the era. Due to the ...
Mount Tongariro erupts
nzhistory.govt.nz100 m long and 150 m wide. It lasted for about 40 minutes, emitting steam and smoke to a great height. Fine weather allowed onlookers to see the plume from some distance away. A south-westerly wind carried a cloud of red ash towards Ātiamuri, north of Taupō. A party on the slopes of Tongariro made ...
Victoria Cross Memorial Plaque, Wellington
nzhistory.govt.nzSanders, Captain Alfred Shout, Lieutenant Percy Storkey, Sergeant Richard Travis, Corporal Lawrence Weathers Who were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for gallantry, during the First World War" Images: Emily Simons, 2015 World Wars wellington city victoria cross ...
Cook Monument at Kōpū Bridge to be stored locally
mch.govt.nzOn Thursday 27th October 2022 (weather dependent), the damaged Cook Monument at Kōpū Bridge in Thames will be dismantled and put into storage until further notice. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, working in consultation with the Thames-Coromandel District Council and Ngāti Marū, ...
Bumpy landing for Tasman’s first solo flyer
nzhistory.govt.nzwas one spare collar, a razor, and a toothbrush.’ Menzies encountered rough weather over the Tasman and was driven well south of his intended destination, Blenheim. Shortly before 3 p.m., he mistook a swamp near Harihari for flat ground and crash-landed his aircraft, which flipped upside down. He ...
DC-3 crashes in Kaimai Range
nzhistory.govt.nzThe 1963 crash of a National Airways Corporation DC3, with the loss of all 23 people on board, remains the worst air accident within New Zealand. The flight departed from Auckland, bound for Wellington via Tauranga, Gisborne and Napier. The weather was stormy, but forecasts underestimated the ...
Last spike completes North Island main trunk railway
nzhistory.govt.nzweather, muddy embankments and interfering photographers would permit’. Construction of the central section of the line between Te Awamutu and Marton had taken 23 years of surveys, land negotiations, political wrangling and back-breaking physical effort by thousands of labourers. The first through train ...
First woman swims Cook Strait
nzhistory.govt.nzBering Strait and in Antarctic waters. The 22.5-km Cook Strait crossing involves braving chilly water, treacherous tides and changeable weather. R.G. Webster and Lily Copplestone made the first attempts in 1929. The first person to succeed was Barrie Devenport on 20 November 1962. Philip Rush made the ...
Last unclimbed face of Aoraki/Mt Cook conquered
nzhistory.govt.nzCook became a focus of early mountaineering. Although not especially high by global standards, New Zealand peaks can be challenging to climb because of unpredictable weather and heavy snowfalls. The first party to attempt to scale Aoraki/Mt Cook in 1882 discovered the Linda Glacier route, but turned ...
Hillside railway workshops roll of honour boards
nzhistory.govt.nzWar. A large crowd gathered at the workshops for their unveiling on 31 July 1949 despite ‘cold and showery weather’. In his address to the crowd, New Zealand Railways' acting general manager, E.H. Langford, appealed for those present to not regard the tablets ‘as solely a memorial, but as a living ...
Wallace Rowling
nzhistory.govt.nzhave won on a wave of sympathy over Kirk’s death. New Zealand weathered the worldwide economic crisis better than some countries. But National’s Robert Muldoon labelled Rowling’s policy of borrowing to keep people and industry working ‘borrow and hope’. Muldoon also portrayed Rowling as weak. He was ...
Nelson South African War memorial
nzhistory.govt.nzperfect weather, the Hon. Colonel Pitt unveiled the 4.9-m marble memorial depicting a soldier with a rifle in his hands atop a platform on four pedestals. Pitt spoke of the need for a navy and military training for citizens. The memorial lists soldiers from the province who made the ultimate sacrifice: ...
Container shipping
nzhistory.govt.nzheld up by bad weather. All that time the ship incurred harbour dues, electricity and water charges and labour costs while earning nothing for the shipping line. The use of containers in Christchurch During their stays the first four container ships worked about 9000 tonnes of cargo per voyage – 2000 ...
US Navy tragedy at Paekākāriki
nzhistory.govt.nzTen United States Navy personnel drowned off the Kāpiti Coast, north of Wellington, during a training exercise in bad weather. As wartime censorship prevented newspapers from publicising the American presence in New Zealand, the incident was shrouded in mystery for decades. On the morning of 20 ...
Operation Overdue
nzhistory.govt.nzpriorities. Recovery operation begins Poor weather delayed progress until the afternoon of 2 December. Then, as agreed, two surveyors, members of the investigation team, and their mountaineer assistants were flown to the site. Their priority was to find the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the digital flight ...
Canterbury's 'Big Snow'
nzhistory.govt.nzCantabrians awoke to find the region blanketed in snow. The ‘Big Snow’, as the storm came to be known, was the region’s heaviest for 30 years. From midday on 27 August weather forecasts alerted residents to the likelihood of snow, which began to fall that evening. As forecast, snow fell at sea ...
Cyclone Bola strikes
nzhistory.govt.nzCyclone Bola, one of the most damaging storms to hit New Zealand, struck Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne–East Cape in March 1988. The weather system slowed as it moved over the area, bringing torrential rain for more than three days. Worst affected was the hill country behind Gisborne. In places, more ...
Map showing daily gains during Battle of the Somme
nzhistory.govt.nzEach great attack on the Somme in 1916 achieved gains of only a mile or two at enormous human cost. ...
The Wahine disaster
nzhistory.govt.nzthe accident was the atrocious weather conditions, the subsequent inquest also acknowledged that errors of judgement had been made both on board the ferry and on shore. Shipwrecks were commonplace in the 19th century, but this was the 1960s – how could a large, modern vessel founder almost within ...
Isabella Cruikshank
nzhistory.govt.nz– shortly after a clearing sale was held. 'Notwithstanding very boisterous weather there was a good attendance, and everything sold at satisfactory prices'. The farm was advertised for lease in 1887 and Isabella continued to live in Wairuna where she signed the suffrage petition. Her two sisters ...
New site required for National Erebus Memorial due to safety concerns
mch.govt.nzManatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced today that significant damage caused at the National Erebus Memorial site by recent extreme and unprecedented weather events in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, means a new enduring home for the memorial needs to be found. "This morning I met ...
The grand plan
nzhistory.govt.nzhad to be suitable for landing craft to beach safely, and the airborne troops needed a full moon. The day chosen, when the required conditions coincided, was 5 June. Bad weather forced Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower to postpone the landing. Among the six meteorologists advising him was ...
Keith Woodford describes Erebus crash scene
nzhistory.govt.nzWoodford: Well here at McMurdo they weren't terribly good. We'd in fact been helicoptered back from the Dry Valleys where we we're working at the time of the accident. So we were actually about 100 or 150 miles away. And we had to wait here at McMurdo for the weather to clear because at that ...
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In sunny warm weather as shown even pushbikes go along with the NZ Division as this 28 (Maori) Battalion member Pvt. Arthur King from Kaitai of Northland, New Zealand is happy to demonstrate. His Maori unit is following the retreating Germans in the Liri Valley after break out from Cassino on ...
Sound clip: holidays in the UK and NZ
nzhistory.govt.nzVera Donoghue describes holidaying in UK vs NZ. Transcript of this interview A fortnight's holiday — that was your big holiday — and you'd go away, or just go out for the day. But the weather was never good enough, you know, to sit and sunbathe. I used to go to Scotland and after ...
Wahine wrecked in Wellington Harbour
nzhistory.govt.nzwaves. A subsequent court of inquiry found that about 12 people died on the beach after reaching the shore Although the main cause of the accident was the atrocious weather conditions, the court of inquiry found that some of those on board the ferry and on shore had made errors of judgement. The Wahine ...
Minnie Warnes
nzhistory.govt.nzwretched weather, the Salvation Army Fortress in Dowling St was crowded...When the marriage party entered the fortress they were greeted by a 'volley' from the band'. After their marriage the couple proceded to Oamaru where they were to be stationed –they had seven children, one who died in ...
Historic pōwhiri to take place at 1pm tomorrow, Friday 18
mch.govt.nzyears ago. Please note that some details/dates have changed since our advisory earlier this week. Because of adverse weather en route, waka in the Voyage flotilla are now not expected to make it to Wharekaho Beach ahead of the pōwhiri, as originally planned. This means public tours of the waka are also ...
Black Ferns to be celebrated at Parliament
mch.govt.nzyear and Wayne Smith for winning coach of the year.” Further details of the event will be sent out ahead of time. There will be an indoor wet weather option as well. ...
Returning bodies of Erebus victims
nzhistory.govt.nzweather delayed the evacuation of the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams and the last loads of bodies, remains and personal belongings until that evening. Next day, with the evacuation in progress, Captains Tony Foley and Peter Rhodes of the NZ Airline Pilots Association, who were assisting with ...
Liner Wanganella refloated in Wellington Harbour
nzhistory.govt.nzwas safely evacuated. For 18 days the Wanganella was stuck fast to the reef, despite attempts by tugboats to tow it off. A remarkable spell of calm weather undoubtedly saved the ship from becoming a total wreck, leading to the local expression, ‘It’s a Wanganella day today’. Finally, on 6 February, ...
New Zealand forces capture Castle Hill at Cassino
nzhistory.govt.nzit was withdrawn in early April, 343 New Zealanders had lost their lives. The success of the 15 March attack on the tactically important Castle Hill depended on the effectiveness of a prior bombing campaign. Troops had been waiting three weeks in freezing rain for suitable weather for an aerial ...
Further information
nzhistory.govt.nzbiography (Australian Dictionary of Biography) Lawrence Weathers biography (Australian Dictionary of Biography) Books G.A. Bryant, Where the prize is highest: the stories of the New Zealanders who won the Victoria Cross, Collins, Auckland, 1972 Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson, In the face of the enemy: the ...
Aratere ferry slide show
nzhistory.govt.nzClick on the photograph above to see a slide show of images showing the Aratere in good and bad weather. 'El Lemon' In 1999 the Dominion ’s Infotech Weekly enthused about Tranz Rail’s latest ferry, the first ship in 16 years built specially for the Cook Strait run. ‘From bridge to engine ...
Slow beginnings
nzhistory.govt.nzthe power had returned to the colonial government, the British government having disallowed the ordinance. The colonial government agreed to fund a replacement beacon in 1844. But it proved entirely inadequate – it was only visible from about eight kilometres in good weather. The Pickwick, the Tyne ...
St Andrew's Memorial Church
nzhistory.govt.nzAnglican Bishop of Auckland Alfred Walter Averill laid the foundation stone of the new church of St Andrew’s, Inglewood, on 30 November 1922. He returned to dedicate the completed building on 1 July 1923 (the ceremony was deferred from 28 June as originally planned because of bad weather). The ...
Sound clip: USS Truxtun anti-nuclear protest
nzhistory.govt.nzprotest boats are being flanked by police boats, which outnumber them by about three to one; they’re way behind the Truxtun now, and with the tide against them, and the weather, they’ve got no way of catching up. On the harbour, this is Bronwyn Williams. The USS Truxtun enters Wellington Harbour on 25 May ...
Royal New Zealand Navy memorial, Devonport
nzhistory.govt.nzfrom white marble faced with etched bronze panels. Some years later, having become badly weathered, it was reconstructed in black granite. A rededication ceremony was held on 26 February 2002. The memorial wall stands outside the Naval Memorial Chapel of St Christopher’s. A companion memorial wall to ...
Herekino war memorial
nzhistory.govt.nzside of the memorial. This memorial was erected fairly recently and unveiled on Anzac Day – I beleive 2006, but it may have been 2005. Prior to that the 3 tablets were set onto the front of the War Memorial Hall, but were deteriorating through age and the effect of the weather. Farther back I believe ...
D. Gaitt
nzhistory.govt.nzMarriage Notice states that she was the sixth daughter of Mr G McKenzie of Tain, Rosshire, Scotland. They had nine children; Frederick James born 1866, Emma Annie born 1868, Jessie Sarah born 1869, George Weatherly born 1871, William Augustus born 1872, James Lowthorp born 1874, Edward McKenzie born 1877, ...
S. Ragg
nzhistory.govt.nzshe performed at a concert and dance at the Masonic Hall in Warkworth in 1889. "When the weather was favourable and a good company filled the large hall, Miss Sylvia Ragg sung the song 'White Wings', which was well received." On 4th March 1925 Sylvia married James Scott Johnston at ...
Wreck of the Sophia Pate
nzhistory.govt.nzand another passenger. Though Harrison waited for favourable weather and sailed cautiously along a charted channel near South Head, the Sophia Pate ran aground at 4 p.m. By 10 p.m. increasingly strong swells had broken the ship apart, destroyed the longboat and swept all but one of the immigrants, and ...
Air New Zealand plane fuselage on Mt Erebus
nzhistory.govt.nzOnly one section of the fuselage of the Air New Zealand DC-10 remained intact on the icy slopes of Mt Erebus. Red and green flags were used to respectively mark out the search area in a grid pattern and indicate the site of human remains. Recovery operation begins A break in the weather allowed ...
Pencarrow Lighthouse documentary
nzhistory.govt.nzHear this 1959 Radio New Zealand documentary made to mark the centenary of the Pencarrow Lighthouse. Transcript For Tuesday's ceremony the weather was fine and sunny. But by the time we'd climbed to the lighthouse there was a strong north westerly wind blowing, as you will hear in ...
The battle: July-August
nzhistory.govt.nzwas termed, took place on 13 August, after being delayed five days by adverse weather. Continuing weather problems lessened its impact, but it brought Fighter Command to the brink of destruction. Airfields throughout southeast England came under heavy bombardment. Two days later, Fighter Command faced ...
Victoria Cross recipients with NZ connection
nzhistory.govt.nzVC recipients with NZ connection NZ-born VC recipients who served with other forces Thomas Cooke Henry D'Arcy William Sanders Alfred Shout Percy Storkey Lawrence Weathers VC recipients who subsequently served with NZ forces Edward Daniel Bernard Freyberg Horace Martineau Timothy O’Hea Charles ...
National wreath laying ceremony to commemorate Armistice Day
mch.govt.nzweather conditions, the event will be moved into the National War Memorial building. Any updates will be posted on the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park Facebook page. ...
Sound: life at sea in the Merchant Navy
nzhistory.govt.nzfires either side. And they were just bones. Shocking conditions, but they survived. And yet the same ship was one of the few that maintained its speed across the Atlantic in all weathers, [even compared] to the modern ones. It was still more seaworthy. Where was your accommodation? Mine was aft. The ...
Sound: a Merchant Navy seafarer looks back
nzhistory.govt.nzall gone [washed overboard]. You know, they were held on with a pin, and you'd have a tomahawk, and you'd bang it, and it'd escape. Even that had broken away, with the rough weather. But I was lucky, I never had to get in the water. Some of us were lucky, weren't we? Because we all ...
Mrs Gowdy
nzhistory.govt.nzCharles died in 1885, aged 29, his funeral was 'considering the boisterous nature of the weather, largely attended. About a dozen vehicles and a number of horsemen composed the cortege, which moved out of town to St John’s Cemetery, while the fire bell solemnly tolled.' Shortly after ...
Malcolm McGregor
nzhistory.govt.nzTerritorial Air Force and civilian pilots, and competed in an international air race. He died just short of his 40th birthday after crashing while landing at Wellington’s Rongotai aerodrome in wretched weather. Adapted by Matthew Tonks from the DNZB biography b y Errol W. Martyn Further information: Read the ...
Map of Cassino area, 1944
nzhistory.govt.nzbriefly captured the railway station but reinforcements were unable to cross the destroyed rail causeway and the Maori were forced to retreat back across the Rapido under heavy enemy fire. After the aerial bombardment of the town and a delay caused by poor weather, the Corps launched a renewed attack on ...
1959- key events
nzhistory.govt.nzproject, which included expansion of the approach roads, took three years. The enlarged bridge was opened on 23 September 1969. The end of the golden weather The first performance of Bruce Mason’s one-man play, The end of the golden weather, was said to represent the birth of ‘authentic, New Zealand based ...
Wellingtonians in for a spectacular view of the Tuia 250 Voyage flotilla as it arrives in Wellington!
mch.govt.nzCBD: the tall ships at around 3pm, and the waka around 4pm. The HMNZS Wellington will also be docking. Note: The times and route above are approximate and subject to weather and maritime conditions and logistics on the day. Take your boat out to welcome the flotilla You can watch from the water, ...
Demise of Dominion Day
nzhistory.govt.nzenough public holidays already. Empire Day (24 May) and Labour Day (late October) were more popular. Some blamed the unreliable early spring weather. Others complained that the day was not made a paid holiday, except briefly for a privileged few. Still others blamed the weak sense of nationalism ...
Noodles, the mascot
nzhistory.govt.nzplatoon hut and was a very good sentry. Sergeant Noodles's first collar was a puggaree studded with the hat badge and buttons of 15 North Auckland Regiment. In cold weather he wore a khaki coat made to measure by the camp tailor. The battalion's official history claimed that Noodles was an ...
Euan Dickson
nzhistory.govt.nz‘extremely unfavourable weather conditions’. The bar was awarded for an action on the 16th March, 1918, when he went to the assistance of a machine of his formation which was being attacked at close quarters by twelve enemy fighters. Despite the fact that all the guns on his machine were useless owing to ...
Pat Hetaraka Memorial, Clevedon
nzhistory.govt.nzaddress and laid a laurel wreath at the foot of the memorial stone. The inscription is today badly weathered. It reads as follows:- HE TOHU / WHAKAMAHARATANGA AROHA / MO TA MAUA / TAMAITI RAKATAHA / PTE. PATRICK REUBEN 802350 / 12TH REINFORCEMENT MAORI BTN / I MATE KI RIMINI ITALY / ITE 22 ONGA AA ...
Architectural style, construction & materials
mch.govt.nzimportance. By 1930 this was the only remaining dome in the city, the others having been removed because of the risk they would collapse in an earthquake. The dome and dormer windows are clad in copper, which develops a coating of green verdigris as it weathers. The copper is purely decorative and conceals ...
Brunner on the Buller- roadside stories
nzhistory.govt.nzIn late 1846, with his Māori guides Kehu and Pikewate, surveyor Thomas Brunner set off on an epic journey down the Buller River and to the West Coast. The group battled hunger, illness, injury and terrible weather, and it was 18 months before Brunner encountered another European. Transcript ...
Independent Chair of Te Puna Kairangi /The Premium Production Fund announced
mch.govt.nzyears as a producer in the New Zealand screen industry. Her credits include the iconic feature The End of the Golden Weather and television series Gloss. She is a descendant of Ngati Porou, and her industry work in recent years has focused principally on Māori storytelling, as reflected in her credits ...
Governor-General's message 2023
mch.govt.nzcontrol, as we remain vulnerable to world events and natural disasters. In the wake of the devastation wreaked by recent weather events, I want to give special acknowledgement to the role undertaken by members of the New Zealand Defence Force in taking care of New Zealanders in emergency situations, ...
Co-ordinating the rescue
nzhistory.govt.nzthe rescue effort there. This was a difficult task in appalling weather, and many worked through the night to assist survivors. In all, 371 police members out of a total of 629 in the Wellington district, national headquarters and the training school were involved. Wahine survivors being rescued Chief ...
After Passchendaele
nzhistory.govt.nzconditions, bleak winter weather and depressing memories of the Passchendaele fiasco combined to make this a particularly trying experience. Another failed attack, this time at Polderhoek in December 1917, added to the misery. Polderhoek Victoria Cross recipient Henry Nicholas This operation had the limited ...
'The floating bridge'
nzhistory.govt.nzload a wagon at his mill siding and have it sent straight through to a Napier bakery, reducing pilfering, damage, cost and time. Above all, time. Working cargo by conventional means was very slow. When delays caused by weather, labour shortages and industrial disputes were factored in, a coaster seldom ...
Former Governor FitzRoy dies by suicide
nzhistory.govt.nzand published the first regular daily weather reports and forecasts. By 1865 FitzRoy was in financial difficulties, physically and mentally exhausted, and suffering from depression. On Sunday 30 April he rose from his bed, bolted the door to his dressing room and slit his throat with a razor. Robert ...
Plaque for NZers killed while working in Antarctica
nzhistory.govt.nza helicopter crash 40 km from Scott Base. They were returning to McMurdo Station in a US Navy helicopter after rebuilding the hut at a summer research station, Cape Bird. The weather deteriorated during their journey and the helicopter struck an icy slope above a 10-m ice cliff. Varcoe, Newport and Ben Micou, ...
November 1979 Antarctic flights
nzhistory.govt.nzto see Antarctica – weather could obscure the view or force a change of route – and no refunds would be given. But the airline offered an appealing package. It included meals and refreshments, complimentary bar service, in-flight entertainment and commentary, and the 'unique opportunity to look ...
Annie Olds
nzhistory.govt.nzfiltered water as the ship’s water was nasty. While rounding The Horn in rough weather, this stoic woman wrote 'If things were no better at least they were no worse'. Every night she thanked God for his mercies and deliverance. Annie went on to have nine more children and remained a devout ...
Archibald Baxter
nzhistory.govt.nzPunishment No. 1 (called colloquially ‘the Crucifixion’). This consisted of being tied to a post in the open with his hands bound tightly behind his back and his knees and feet bound – for up to four hours a day, in all weathers. On 1 April 1918 he was taken to hospital in Boulogne, where he was diagnosed as ...
NZEF in Italy, 1944
nzhistory.govt.nzmodern equipment, an army is still at the mercy of the weather. Here too the rugged country ties it down. But the men of the New Zealand Division slug on. No matter how tough the going, or how rotten the weather, they always win through. Archives New Zealand Reference: Weekly Review No. 135: NZEF in ...
Spirit of NZ carries the mauri of Tuia 250 to Whakaraupō
mch.govt.nz250 co-chairs Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr and Dame Jenny Shipley said the Spirit of New Zealand will also be met by the sailing crews of Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, Haunui and Fa’afaite, who travelled by land from Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington due to poor weather conditions. “Whakaraupō / Lyttelton is an ...
Pacific voyaging prowess honoured at historic early arrival site
mch.govt.nzvessels in the Tuia 250 flotilla. Some vessels may come up to Waitangi Beach, depending on the weather. Everyone is welcome to join or observe this event which will offer a once-in-a-lifetime experience. ...
Belgian Memorial
mch.govt.nzin Corten steel, which naturally weathers to create a bronzed effect while providing long-term protection from the elements. The wreath appears to sit directly on the grass; the simplicity of this landscaping is intentional, to increase accessibility and enhance the impression created by the delicate ...
Nuclear testing in the Pacific
nzhistory.govt.nzNevada, and vessels of the Royal New Zealand Navy served as weather ships for British tests in the Indian Ocean. In 1963 the British, American and Soviet governments agreed to ban atmospheric tests. New Zealand also signed this treaty – but India, China and France were among those countries which did not. ...
Honouring Edmund Hillary
nzhistory.govt.nzNew Zealanders – and the only living person – selected to appear on the nation’s new banknotes. His weather-beaten smiling face is instantly recognisable on the $5 note, alongside images of Aoraki/Mt Cook and a Ferguson tractor. He has also been commemorated in the names of various schools and ...
Kittie Davison
nzhistory.govt.nzthe Edwin Fox. The 1873 voyage was longer than usual, departing in January and arriving in June. Selina is listed as the Matron for the voyage. The ship was damaged in a gale early in the voyage and spent six weeks in Brest, France under repair. Various accounts record bad weather, problems with the ...
Caroline Tuft
nzhistory.govt.nzacted as Assistant Matron, and Caroline’s brother, Louis, bound for Auckland. However, the Tufts were disembarked at Gravesend because one of their children had whooping cough. This was, unknown to them, a lucky escape. The voyage of the Bebington was dreadful, with bad weather, collisions, lack of ...
Te Kēkēao
nzhistory.govt.nznegotiations between missionaries and Ngāpuhi rangatira (including fellow He Whakaputanga signatory Wharepoaka), the group were released on the proviso that the missionaries return them to the East Cape. After bad weather hampered their first attempt, the Ngāti Porou group finally reached home on the Fortitude ...
Belgian Memorial – Pukeahu Park
nzhistory.govt.nzplacing poppies on the Belgian Memorial. The sculpture is rendered in Corten steel, which naturally weathers to create a bronzed effect while providing long-term protection from the elements. The wreath appears to sit directly on the grass; the simplicity of this landscaping is intentional, to increase ...
First ascent of Aoraki/Mt Cook
nzhistory.govt.nzCook was not a huge technical challenge for experienced climbers. Given favourable weather, Fitzgerald and Zurbriggen would undoubtedly succeed. But could colonials beat them to it? After several unsuccessful attempts via the Linda Glacier route, Fyfe and Graham decided to try to reach the summit from ...
S. Dimant
nzhistory.govt.nzthree weeks later he wrote again, wishing to know when Sara would return. [5] On 4 September 1897, an ‘unofficial’ letter from the Auckland office asks if Sara can stay in Auckland until at least 14 September, explaining: Since Miss Dimant arrived, the weather has been very bad, and she has ...
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high demand, but also a perfect weather window had presented itself. This catching some by surprise and mostly the 4th Indian Division who were waiting on the slopes within an aggreed safe bomb line to attack the Abbey directly after the bombing run finished. Although orders were given to all Personnel ...
New Zealand to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War
mch.govt.nzWhat: 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War National Commemorative Service Where: Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Buckle Street, Wellington (Wet weather venue: Dominion Museum Building, Massey University) When: ...
Sound: the 1907 fire at Parliament Buildings
nzhistory.govt.nzinterpreter's room about halfway between the chamber of the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council. He had passed only a few minutes earlier without noticing anything amiss. He promptly raised the alarm. The buildings were old, and following two months of very dry weather, the timbers were ...
VJ Day
nzhistory.govt.nz2004. Hear extract from this interview The next day, although the crowds were much smaller, drunken hooligans returned, and the police arrived in numbers to restore civil peace. In Wellington inclement weather reduced the numbers in the streets – instead people crowded into the hotels, while in ...
Erebus disaster recovery work during blizzard
nzhistory.govt.nzRecovery work among the debris of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 on Mt Erebus continued even in terrible weather conditions. The original caption to this photograph reads: ‘Hugh Logan below main fuselage. Strong ground blizzard blowing through wreckage’. No survivors Keith Woodford's account ...
Fast ferries on Cook Strait
nzhistory.govt.nzMcKenzie forced Interisland Line to add fast ferries to its fleet. The first was the 37-knot wave-piercing catamaran Condor 10. Like its successors, it was marketed as The Lynx. The ship hit rough weather on its first voyage, causing passenger distress, but the Condor 10 returned each summer from 1994/95 ...
Rough crossings
nzhistory.govt.nzwhen the weather forecaster utters the dreaded words ‘fresh about Cook Strait’, and your cruise may seem more like riding a steel bucking bronco. Is it as bad as the newspapers sometimes make out? Seasoned Cook Strait observers urge caution when reading news reports of each latest ‘worst storm since ...
Major Gumble announces no contact with Erebus flight
nzhistory.govt.nzmight've been a likely place for the aircraft to be. There were also two C-130s and a couple of helicopters searching the area when we left. We would've liked to have stayed but our fuel wouldn't permit it. We had to come on back here. The weather was partly cloudy. The bases were at ...
Children's Day peace souvenir certificate
nzhistory.govt.nznational anthem. Dunedin children were forced to listen to a lengthy speech on ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’, though this was punctuated by more amusing fare – including the appearance of a leopard. In Wellington an estimated 5000 children gathered outside Parliament Buildings, in bad weather, to hear ...
M. A. Taylor
nzhistory.govt.nzetc. When 20 she married George James Taylor, a painter and plumber, and lived in Hammersmith. Two children died infants, but by 1883, they immigrated to New Zealand with four boys: George 8, Henry 6, Albert 2, and Walter a baby. They left from Plymouth on the Waitangi. With favourable weather, they ...
Auckland Harbour Bridge
nzhistory.govt.nzSargeson. No wonder the Shore took off! And no wonder the authorities are debating plans for tunnels or a second bridge while commuters daily scan cyberspace for warnings of congestion or weather-related delays. Further information This site is item number 98 on the History of New Zealand in 100 Places ...
Invasion plans
nzhistory.govt.nzRiver, the region’s ‘highway’, was dominated by Māori traffic. Overland access to it from Auckland was severely restricted by densely wooded hills. The outlying settlements of Papakura and Drury could be reached only by ‘roads’ that were little more than dry-weather dirt tracks. Building an all-weather ...
Herald Bunbury treaty copy
nzhistory.govt.nzBunbury’s first stop in the South Island was on 28 May at Akaroa, where two chiefs signed two days later. Bad weather forced the ship to bypass Otago, but three chiefs signed on 10 June at Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait. The Herald then returned up the east coast, sending a boat ashore in Otago Harbour, ...
Takiroa Rock Art Shelter
nzhistory.govt.nzoffering advance warning of the approach of strangers or bad weather. The conspicuous limestone caves and overhangs also gave welcome shelter on cold southern nights, a fact still appreciated by sheep and cattle. No one knows who first daubed charcoal and red ochre on these walls. The images range from ...
Pencarrow Lighthouse keepers
nzhistory.govt.nzharbour master noted that the house was ‘as proof against the weather as wooden houses usually are in an exposed situation'. George's request for a salary increase was also declined. Later that year the Bennetts' two-and-a-half year old daughter Eliza died. Her death can probably be ...
Tuia 250: Powhiri and potatoes play pivotal parts in birth of relationship
mch.govt.nz250 Te Powhiri Te Whanganui-o-Hei |Mercury Bay Please note timings are subject to change based on logistics and weather. Media attending events will need to be issued with a media pass on the day. ...
All Blacks win their second Rugby World Cup
nzhistory.govt.nzBarnes and quarter-final opponents France, the better. In 2011, New Zealand hosted the tournament for the first time since 1987. More than 130,000 overseas visitors attended matches at 12 venues. The spring weather was mostly kind, and the only shadow on the tournament was the devastating 22 February ...
South Canterbury rugby
nzhistory.govt.nzHistory and highlights of rugby in the South Canterbury region ...
Funding boost to deliver world class public media for all New Zealanders
mch.govt.nztimes of emergency. “As we have seen over the past few years, and in particular during the recent severe weather events, RNZ is a crucial lifeline utility in civil defence emergencies and is one of the places New Zealanders can turn to for reliable, up-to-date, accurate, and emergency information. ...
Robert FitzRoy
nzhistory.govt.nzMay 1845. FitzRoy retired from active service in 1850. In 1854 he became chief of the new meteorological department of the UK Board of Trade. He instituted a system of storm warnings and published the first regular daily weather report on 3 September 1860. By 1865 a physically and mentally exhausted ...
Wreckage of Flight TE901 sighted on Erebus
nzhistory.govt.nzMt Erebus and that helicopters should arrive at the site within 20 minutes. In fact, poor weather conditions prevented helicopters from landing for some hours. But at 12.55 NZST, Gentle 17 circled over the site and its crew were able to identify the koru on the wrecked aircraft’s tail. They too ...
Lyttelton Rail Tunnel
nzhistory.govt.nzancient volcano – to link two townships with just 3000 inhabitants. George Stephenson’s nephew, G.R. Stephenson, prepared the estimates, but when British contractors demanded more money, Moorhouse sailed to Melbourne to sign up Holmes and Co. On 17 July 1861, in appalling weather, he turned the first sod ...
Wellington Centennial Memorial Building
nzhistory.govt.nzJanuary 1940, 5000 people braved atrocious weather to hear Governor-General Lord Galway and Deputy Prime Minister Peter Fraser open the building and praise the pioneers. The wings flanking the central portion were bathing cubicles. But the blood and guts pumped out by the nearby Gear freezing works made ...
Denniston Incline
nzhistory.govt.nzweather God damn Denniston altogether.’ They had reason to complain, for Denniston was a miserable hole, a gimcrack clutter of corrugated iron and weatherboard buildings clinging precariously to a bleak plateau. Thick fog could hang around for weeks on end, as could steady drizzle. In between times it ...
A fond farewell to the tall ships after Tuia 250
mch.govt.nzaround 3pm, and the waka around 4pm. Note: The times and route above are approximate and subject to weather and maritime conditions and logistics on the day. Tuia 250 Voyage events in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER • Sail-by of the Tuia 250 Voyage flotilla: 1.00 – 3.00pm around ...
Rising to the challenge of creating better media content for Asian New Zealanders
mch.govt.nzlocal linear TV or radio. When they do consume local content it’s often for practical information such as the weather, news and Covid updates. There’s a perception local media is ‘not for them’. And if there is content they might be interested in, they don’t know how to find it or would prefer it was in ...
Sound clip: radio report from Erebus
nzhistory.govt.nzthe DSIR, police and so on will decide when to move. Already a twenty-man tent camp has been set up on the crash site. Markers laid out to indicate the numerous crevices. But I don't think that while this weather holds action will be delayed. John Blumsky for Radio New Zealand Planning the ...
The wreck of the Delaware
nzhistory.govt.nzAfter leaving Nelson for Napier, the newly built brig Delaware ran into bad weather. It was wrecked on rocks in a bay between Grahams Point and Pepin Island, about 30 km north-east of Nelson, that is now known as Delaware Bay. Accounts of the incident often focus on the heroism of Hūria Mātenga, ...
Just like clockwork
nzhistory.govt.nzand several hundred passengers are about to stream off the ship for a full day's business in the capital or to head for the railway station to travel further north. Usually, it was as regular as clockwork and more reliable than a suburban tram or bus. Every night, weather and sea conditions ...
The Rarotongan Company
nzhistory.govt.nzto deploy these men initially in defence of the Suez Canal. When the weather improved they could be sent as reinforcements to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion that was serving on the Western Front. This request was agreed to and in November 1916 the Cook Islanders sailed for Suez as the ‘11th Maori ...
Leander-class light cruisers
nzhistory.govt.nzinnovation was their gun battery, with all main guns being mounted in twin armoured turrets instead of the single shields seen on Dunedin and Diomede. Turrets protected gunners from shell splinters and from the weather, and brought Britain’s light cruisers up to the same standard as its heavy cruisers. The ...
Pencarrow Lighthouse
nzhistory.govt.nzhelp of a Man’. Pencarrow was described as ‘being of the second order catadioptric, with eclipses at intervals of two minutes, situated 420 ft above sea level, and visible in ordinary weather at a distance of 30 miles’. Other permanent lights followed quickly: Boulder Bank (Nelson) in 1862, Taiaroa ...
Outbreak of the 1913 strike
nzhistory.govt.nzunion leaders were skeptical about the chances of a successful watersiders’ and miners’ strike. October was a quiet time on the wharves. Shearing was just beginning, and the harvest and slaughtering seasons were still to come. It was also a poor time for a coal strike, with the weather getting warmer. ...
Wrong place at the wrong time
nzhistory.govt.nzThe weather on Christmas Eve was fine and with little recent rain, no one suspected flooding in the Whangaehu River. When a goods train crossed the bridge around 7 p.m. the river appeared normal. What transformed the situation was the sudden release of approximately 2 million cubic metres of water ...
Tutira
nzhistory.govt.nz(and reprinted with a new preface, map and index in 1926). All aspects of the natural history of the station are covered: geology and soils; erosion, subsidence and catchment flows; rainfall statistics and seasonal weather patterns; the formation and siltation of lakes and wetlands. ...
The container is born
nzhistory.govt.nzcapital investments were being wasted by growing delays in ports, where 60-70% of costs were incurred. Poor industrial relations, congested wharf sheds, unpredictable weather and shortages of rail wagons or trucks were clogging our ports. Stowing frozen carcasses Shipping lines had already gained some ...
Film: ferry in Cook Strait on a rough day
nzhistory.govt.nzVideo of a rough crossing of Cook Strait ...
Millard Stand at Athletic Park
nzhistory.govt.nzOne of New Zealand's most famous sporting structures was the Millard Stand at Athletic Park in Wellington. ...
Best New Zealand songs ever?
nzhistory.govt.nz(Split Enz, 1980) 'Whaling', Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash, 1984) 'Not given lightly', Chris Knox (1990) 'Pink frost', Martin Phillips (The Chills, 1984) 'Jesus I was evil', Darcy Clay (1997) 'Weather with you', Tim Finn/Neil Finn (Crowded House, 1991) 'Blue ...
Niueans and Cook Islanders
nzhistory.govt.nza sector of the Western Front in northern France. Concerns had been expressed about sending Pacific Islanders to a cold climate, but the commander of the NZEF, General Godley, felt that with the onset of spring the weather would be warm enough. The Niueans and Cook Islanders were included in the transfer. ...
Wilfrid Clouston
nzhistory.govt.nzClouston was already in Singapore when the squadron arrived from New Zealand in early October. He quickly set about bringing it up to operational standard – a difficult job given the inexperience of the pilots, shortage of tools and spare parts, and poor weather. On the ground Clouston’s mechanics and ...
Wellington's 'Cake Tin'- roadside stories
nzhistory.govt.nzup Cook Strait and over Athletic Park, making conditions particularly unpleasant for players and fans. Rugby was first played at Athletic Park in 1896. During the 20th century, it hosted some memorable rugby games, often due to the weather. The 1961 All Black test against France was played in ...
J. Newton
nzhistory.govt.nzEngland’s south coast. In the days of sailing ships, vessels would wait in the relatively safe anchorage off the coast of Deal for ideal weather conditions to move either up the English Channel or out into the Atlantic. Boatmen from Deal serviced these waiting boats, taking out supplies and salvaging ...
Cook Strait's dangerous waters- roadside stories
nzhistory.govt.nzThe wild waters and intense weather of Cook Strait led Māori to perform special rituals when crossing the strait. The inter-island ferry Penguin was wrecked south of Wellington in 1909, causing 75 deaths, and 51 people died when the Wahine foundered at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in 1968. ...
Rescue at Delaware Bay- roadside stories
nzhistory.govt.nzDelaware Bay is named after the American-built sailing ship Delaware, which sailed from Nelson bound for Napier in September 1863. The ship ran into foul weather which was, according to the captain, ‘as thick as a hedge’. Early in the morning, the Delaware was driven on to rocks about 100 m from shore. The ...
1982- key events
nzhistory.govt.nzNovember a blizzard forced experienced climbers Mark Inglis and Philip Doole to take shelter in a crevasse near the summit of New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki/Mt Cook. They endured 13 days and nights in terrible weather conditions while the nation waited anxiously. By the time they were rescued both men ...
Auckland’s “100% Aotearoa” festival all about inclusion
mch.govt.nzensure we are identifying and meeting their needs.” The 2020 Festival was shut down eight days in because of COVID-19. “This was obviously a huge disappointment for our staff and performers – not to mention our audiences – but there have been some silver linings. Not only have we been able to weather the ...
Erebus crash site
nzhistory.govt.nzmembers of the Search and Rescue and DVI team could move in to start recovering bodies and personal belongings. The weather closed in that afternoon and no one was able to reach the crash site for the next day and a half. In the intervening period the mountaineers instructed police and investigators in ...
Officers and gentlemen?
nzhistory.govt.nzIt was essential for political and business reasons, that a strict and reliable timetable was observed, and though masters were forbidden to take risks, they had to do so in fog and thick weather, or would soon find themselves back in the West Coast colliers. J.D.G. Jensen Thai royals aboard the ...
Chippindale report into Erebus disaster
nzhistory.govt.nzcontinue their enquiries. This included checking the personnel records of the crew and studying the weather conditions at the time of the crash and other possible contributing factors. Chippindale visited the United States and the United Kingdom in late December and early January. He vinterviewed, among ...
Attack on Ōpepe – roadside stories
nzhistory.govt.nzhappened. Crosswell’s nude escape through the rough terrain in the middle of winter earned him the New Zealand Medal. Voice of George Crosswell: It was very cold, raw weather – the middle of winter – but the excitement and the speed at which we were travelling kept me from feeling it as much as I would ...
Campaign summary
nzhistory.govt.nzsurrounded by barbed wire once the weather improved in the spring of 1916. This series of defences became known to British troops as ‘The Birdcage’ because of the immense quantity of barbed wire used. Training was also undertaken to keep the troops occupied. Meanwhile, the shattered Serbian Army was being ...
NZEF involvement
nzhistory.govt.nzissue provided details of the unit’s adventures in Salonika, including this 'musing' about the weather in north-east Greece: First came the rain, then came the mud, A deluge first, and then a flood; Then came the snow with chilling breath And stillness like the sleep of death. A fog us then ...
Bess the horse Great War Story
nzhistory.govt.nz1914–1919 (1928). From New Zealand to Egypt Bess and Powles left New Zealand with the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in October 1914, bound for Egypt along with 3815 horses. The horses were transported in rows of cramped stalls, some exposed to the weather. The men had to groom them, rub ...
NZ and Confrontation in Borneo
nzhistory.govt.nzIn 1964 New Zealand began helping Malaysia to fight Indonesia's attempt to wrestle control of the North Borneo territories in what was known as Confrontation. ...
Hēnāre Kōhere
nzhistory.govt.nzi a Papa. Ma te Atua tatou e tiaki e awhina, i nga wa katoa, a ka kite ano. Heoi ano, Na to koutou papa aroha. Papa XXXXX Ma Ngarangi e tuari nga kihi [The weather has been good here. Peta is sitting in my room reading a book. Look after yourselves, be good to each other and be good to your Nanny. All of us ...
Budget 2023
mch.govt.nzcreative profession. $0.950 million (for 2022/2023) to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to meet additional demands relating to the early 2023 North Island Weather Events, in particular for archaeological authority processes. Enabling a thriving cultural sector (PDF 200KB) Celebrating and recognising ...
Pay and travel
nzhistory.govt.nzthe vehicles. Touring the winterless north Mud-bound parliamentarians In January 1917 a cavalcade of cars took a delegation of MPs on the Winterless North Tour to highlight Northland's poor roading. The weather was, appropriately, appalling and made the bad road conditions even worse. Rain turned ...
Life in the trenches
nzhistory.govt.nzPasschendaele, which was notoriously sodden due to the wet weather and the high water-table of this low-lying area, much of which was reclaimed marshland. Conditions were made much worse by the shelling, which had disrupted normal drainage. Finding a dry spot to rest or sleep was often a challenge even though ...
The first Dominion Day
nzhistory.govt.nzas the weather was bound to be better. Wellington’s day As the Dominion’s capital, Wellington put on a big show all day and into the evening on 26 September. In the middle of the morning, a Guard of Honour marched from the Mount Cook Barracks to Parliament House. The 25-member Garrison Band played ...
Gannet pie for Christmas
nzhistory.govt.nzbecome used to at Christmas time – poor weather. While sheltering from a storm, the Dutch enjoyed the first Christmas dinner in New Zealand – freshly killed pork from the ship’s menagerie washed down with extra rations of wine. Cook’s ‘goose’ The next celebration of Christmas in New Zealand occurred ...
The pandemic hits New Zealand
nzhistory.govt.nza time, reappearing in a more virulent form in October, perhaps triggered by the poor weather the country experienced that month. The second possibility is that the second wave was a ‘deadly hybrid’ of the variant prevalent in New Zealand in September and another variant from overseas. The overseas ...
Triumph and tragedy
nzhistory.govt.nzStation in a US Navy helicopter after rebuilding the hut at Cape Bird, a summer research station. The weather deteriorated during their journey and the helicopter struck an icy slope above a 10 m ice cliff. Varcoe, Newport and Ben Micou, a US Navy helicopter mechanic, were thrown from the helicopter and ...
50th anniversary of South Pole flight
nzhistory.govt.nzwreckage on the side of Mt Erebus. They reported to Mac Center that there were no apparent survivors and waited for the helicopters to arrive. Bad weather conditions prevented the helicopters from landing in the hours immediately after the discovery. But the crew of one circling over the site were able to ...
Jean Batten and Buddy the cat
nzhistory.govt.nzairline pilot, Beverley Shepherd, with whom she had fallen in love. Batten did not return to Australia again until October 1936. She stopped for just two days during her attempt to fly from England to New Zealand, waiting for the weather over the Tasman to improve for the final part of her journey. There ...
The merchant marine goes to war
nzhistory.govt.nzbiggest ship, the Athenic. The Star of India was painted between 4 p.m. on a Thursday and noon the following Monday thanks to good weather and a lot of overtime. Coaling was just as difficult. The convoy required thousands of tonnes of coal to get to Britain (the rumoured destination, later changed to ...
The world comes to Karāpiro
nzhistory.govt.nzof the European summer – were scheduled for November 1978 in the hope of better weather. The organising committee was chaired by Don Rowlands, who had won the single sculls at the 1954 Empire Games before becoming a coach and then president of the New Zealand Rowing Association. Rowlands’ team had ...
New directions
nzhistory.govt.nzrelief in South Pacific islands stricken by extreme weather events. Within New Zealand the RNZN’s activities in the field have ranged from the 1951 use of naval personnel on the wharves during the waterfront dispute to assistance to earthquake-battered Christchurch in 2011. Search and rescue and ...
Sinai and Palestine
nzhistory.govt.nzbites from flies and other insects, shortages of food and water, and challenging weather – extremes of heat and cold, burning sand, blinding dust and driving rain. Many horses lost condition. Some died, while those too sick or weak to continue might be evacuated to hospital. In 1917, just before the ...
Wellington-Lyttelton yacht race tragedy
nzhistory.govt.nzalong with their 10 crew members. Shortly after the race began one of the favourites, Restless, was dismasted and forced to withdraw. The other 19 yachts crossed Cook Strait in fair weather and an easterly wind. Later that afternoon Joy withdrew from the race. Its skipper, experienced seaman George ...
History of Erebus – Timeline to Memorial construction
mch.govt.nzseeks new, enduring site for memorial Extreme weather events in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in February 2023 results in significant damage to the coastline near original memorial site Dove Myer Robinson Park. Secretary and Chief Executive for Culture and Heritage, Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae makes the ...
The lighthouse and its surroundings
nzhistory.govt.nzof the building's life. For example, in 2008 the roof and corroded rafters were replaced, and the ceiling, wall panels and weather vane were repaired. NZHPT celebrated the lighthouse's sesquicentenary on 1 January 2009 with a tour led by Helen Beaglehole, author of Lighting the coast: ...
Initial Erebus memorial services
nzhistory.govt.nzoverseas, including at Scott Base in Antarctica. Service at Scott Base The Scott Base service was held on 2 December, a Sunday. This was traditionally the base's 'quiet' day of the week, and bad weather was preventing those involved in the recovery operation reaching the crash site. The ...
Waikato rugby
nzhistory.govt.nzMany felt that Auckland had weathered the challenge – with the wind behind them in the second half they would do enough to retain the shield. But no points came and slowly panic set in. The holders struggled to get any decent ball out to their backs and with 20 minutes left the Auckland centre Tim ...
Sweetwaters and beyond
nzhistory.govt.nzSplit Enz at a peak after True Colours, Sweetwaters had two hot contemporary acts at the top of the list. Nambassa, with The Charlie Daniels Band, Dizzy Gillespie, John Mayall, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and a seriously small and unhip local contingent, couldn’t compete. Not even the weather gods ...
The battle: September-October
nzhistory.govt.nzreplied, ‘There are none.’ About 60 German planes were destroyed during the day- though at the time a morale boosting 185 was announced. With no end to British resistance in sight, and the adverse weather of autumn approaching, Hitler accepted that Operation Sea Lion must be postponed at least until the ...
Post-war operations
nzhistory.govt.nzMiddle East to South-east Asia. Nuclear tests The RNZN played a small part in the British nuclear testing programme in the Pacific. Its hydrographic survey vessel surveyed sites in the Line Islands, and the frigates Pukaki and Rotoiti acted as weather ships during four tests at Christmas Island in 1957. ...
New Zealand history scavenger hunt 3
nzhistory.govt.nzwho helped the crew of the brig Delaware get ashore when it was wrecked on rocks in rough weather near Nelson in 1863. In rough conditions I went into the water repeatedly, alongside my husband Hemi to help the crew. Who am I? I was born in Wellington in 1964. I dabbled in music in the early 1980s, ...
Liberation
nzhistory.govt.nzthese developments initiated a period of great trial. Some were moved by train, but most were forced to evacuate their camps on foot. For POWs whose diet had long been inadequate, such exertion was an ordeal. It was made worse by atrocious weather during the winter of 1944–45. In the confusion of the ...
United States Navy tragedy at Paekākāriki
nzhistory.govt.nzIt was June 20th – summer for everyone back home in the USA, but winter for us down in New Zealand. And we had fierce weather that day: air and sea temperatures of 40 degrees [fahrenheit, ie 4 degrees celsius], if that, a cold rain falling, and gale-force winds. It was a day where everything went ...
Home of Compassion Crèche
mch.govt.nzChildren could be left at the crèche between 7 am and 6 pm. Apart from paying a few pence towards milk – for the benefit of the mother's self-respect – the crèche was free. It took children from birth to three years of age, providing for up to 34 children at a time – twice as many if the weather was ...
National Erebus Memorial
mch.govt.nzTaurarua Dove-Myer Robinson Park in Auckland. After extreme weather events in January and February 2023, Taurarua Dove-Myer Robinson Park was deemed to no longer be a suitable site. Manatū Taonga announced in April 2023 that it will seek a new site for the National Erebus Memorial. The new site will ...
D-Day memories, Dewi Browne
nzhistory.govt.nzI thought, they're all ours. And I thought, I know who's winning the war now. The weather had cleared up by this time and we were just ambling along the beach, three hospital ships in a line, small ships, and I'm at the wheel. The third ship, he decided he'd take our place, so we just ...
Historical documents and photographs links
nzhistory.govt.nzChambers- A personal web site offering a range of historical data- lists of earthquakes and other natural phenomena, fires, weather summaries, missing persons, coastal ship wrecks, and a page is designed to assist researchers who are using the NZ Society of Genealogists CD-ROM. Living Heritage- Tikanga Tuku ...
Timeline to tragedy
nzhistory.govt.nzdrifted further up the harbour past Point Dorset. Despite being close to shore, the weather made it impossible for rescuers to reach the ship from land. The tug Tapuhi set off from Queen’s Wharf and reached the Wahine at about 11.00 a.m. By 11.50 the tug had secured a line to Wahine. An attempt was made ...
Dogs versus tractors on Antarctica
nzhistory.govt.nzactually flew in, and these four travelled on together. Well from the plateau depot we had very low temperatures and very bad weather, and deep soft snow. Well this combined with heavy loads and, I think, the definite effects of altitude, there is no question that the dogs' performance dropped right ...
Civilians at Gallipoli
nzhistory.govt.nzfalling far away, it was slow, laborious work, easily disrupted by bad weather. Transferring Gallipoli wounded to Maheno When the small craft came alongside the Maheno, the crew and personnel used the ship’s derricks to winch up patients and their caregivers (though the ship’s unusual side doors made this ...
Orders of Service
mch.govt.nz16 September 2022 [PDF 410KB] The National Commemoration for Merchant Navy Day- 03 September 2022 [PDF 909KB] The National Commemoration for Vietnam Veterans' Day- 18 August 2022 [PDF 309KB] Due to adverse weather, the above National Commemoration was cancelled. The National Commemoration for ...
Hosting the Governor-General- viceregal visiting
nzhistory.govt.nzan indoor alternative should be submitted in case of inclement weather. (ii) The name of the unit from which the Guard of Honour is drawn should be shown on the programme, together with the name of the O.C. of the Guard and of all other units which it may be proposed that the Governor-General should ...
First flights to Antarctica
nzhistory.govt.nzThese ‘picket ships' assisted with radio communications and weather reports during the initial flights, but were also there to assist in search and rescue should it be required. Search and rescue personnel in Wellington were on standby to alert an RNZAF Sunderland flying boat specially stationed at ...
Landing on Mono Island under fire
nzhistory.govt.nzCharging off an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) onto a Mono Island beach under fire ...
Notes and questions, Italy
nzhistory.govt.nzItaly – October 1943–April 1945 The squadron commander decided that we must get some plonk and relax. We relaxed with a great little party, then settled down in dirty, rotten, wet, cold weather under some olive trees, waiting for the next attack on Cassino. Rae Familton, 20 and 18 Armoured ...
Matawhero NZ Wars memorial
nzhistory.govt.nzHerald reported that ‘the whole population, civil and military’, attended a ceremony conducted by Archdeacon William Leonard Williams. The service closed with a volley over the graves from a firing party. Williams documented the day’s events in his journal: The weather has turned out better today than we ...
Ōhaeawai NZ Wars memorial cross
nzhistory.govt.nzremains were removed from their original graves by several tohunga (Māori priests) and placed in six large coffins. Two days later, on the 27th anniversary of the battle, the coffins were conveyed to the burial ground in ‘wretchedly cold and wet weather’. Each was covered with a red ensign and marched to ...
Mary Brown
nzhistory.govt.nzthrough all kinds of weather. It was a big blow to all when their loved nurse was compelled to retire from the profession she had so faithfully served, on account of her age. The late Mrs Dunstan for several years past had been living with her daughter, Mrs Quigg, at Mt Eden and in spite of her advanced ...
Dinah Clark
nzhistory.govt.nzher crew of four strong young men, stormy weather forced them to shelter at South Head for 'three weary days and nights'. At Helensville, they were faced with crossing the Portage to Riverhead. It rained, the water was knee deep, and they crossed the flooded Waikuku River on the tops of ...
Sarah M. Evans
nzhistory.govt.nzhad a week’s holiday, the Board gives us only five weeks in the year altogether. The weather here now is like that of May at home. I am so stout and can eat and drink anything I can get. This is splendid country for riding, but I have no horse though they are very cheap they are beyond my means. ...
Life on board
nzhistory.govt.nzhave been salt, not fresh, but clean sheets, daily bathing and a balanced diet turned many cot cases into ‘walkers’ long before they re-entered New Zealand waters. Quoits game on the Maheno Entertainment varied. In fine weather, patients enjoyed a book or a smoke in their deck chairs (although smoking ...
Mary Wick
nzhistory.govt.nzproud recipient of this honour although the giving of it may be delayed some time owing to the circumstances of the war. Let me, therefore, congratulate you very heartily. I am sorry to hear from Miss Sharland that you have not been at all well lately. I trust sincerely that with the warm weather your ...
Military mascot Freda the dog
nzhistory.govt.nzFreda was the Harlequin Great Dane mascot of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. ...
Uijeongbu, location of M*A*S*H
nzhistory.govt.nzThe village of Uijeongbu, location of the TV series MASH ...
Project updates
mch.govt.nzMemorial at Taurarua / Dove-Myer Robinson Park in Parnell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. However, the extreme and unprecedented weather events in the North Island in January and February led to significant land slips occurring along the cliff line at Dove-Myer Robinson Park. One of the slips occurred in the ...
Evacuation
nzhistory.govt.nzFine weather & secrecy were required for our success. How secrecy was kept was a mystery to us all, as the fact was known for some time previous, & yet as events transpired, it is almost certain the enemy never had an inkling of what our next move was going to be. … On Saturday December 18th, ...
Erebus memorials
nzhistory.govt.nzcapsule on Mt Erebus Bad weather prevented the six relatives of the victims of the disaster visiting Antarctica for 30th anniversary commemorations from reaching the crash site. A koru-shaped capsule that was to have been placed at the site on this occasion was taken there in January 2010. In February ...
Marsland Hill NZ Wars memorial
nzhistory.govt.nzof individual committee members, preferring a statement that the memorial had been erected ‘by their comrades and fellow-countrymen’. These concerns were dismissed. Lord Plunket unveiled the memorial at a ceremony on Marsland Hill on 7 May 1909. The weather was ‘far from perfect’. However, by ‘good ...
Pōhutukawa trees
nzhistory.govt.nzThe pōhutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) with its crimson flower has become an established part of the New Zealand Christmas tradition. ...
The Speaker
nzhistory.govt.nzwhether it fitted or not. The custom persisted into the 1960s. By that time, some MPs were protesting about the stuffy dress code. At a time when many men wore their hair long and coloured shirts were all the rage, MPs Bob Tizard and Warren Freer launched a jackets-off campaign. In the warmer weather ...
Soldiers' experience
nzhistory.govt.nzLife for the New Zealand soldier on Gallipoli was tough. Packed inside the tiny Anzac perimeter, they endured extreme weather and primitive living conditions during their eight-odd months on the peninsula. During summer (June-August), temperatures soared, while the winter months (November-January) ...
New Zealand Women Writers' Society
nzhistory.govt.nzvarious Mansfield awards and launching a new anthology of members' work (funded by Joy Cowley). This crisis was weathered, but in 1989 the Auckland branch had to go into recess, followed by Hawke's Bay. Their ageing membership and transport difficulties were Wellington problems too, and despite ...
Leslie Beauchamp Great War Story
nzhistory.govt.nzunable to write to you before in reply to your last letter but we have had very little time to ourselves having to fight another foe now besides the Germans, the weather. You ask me if Leslie spoke before he died, and if he knew he was going to die. I can answer yes to each question. He was heard to say ...
Dunedin Tailoresses' Union
nzhistory.govt.nzto 'carefully and skilfully avoid all trouble themselves'. [4] The union struck trouble in 1895. Bad weather meant that two picnics planned by Morison were a financial disaster, so she organised a carnival to wipe off debts and raise funds. She put the carnival bank account in her name, but ...
Kiwi Records
nzhistory.govt.nzWhat could be a more apt record label for New Zealand music than Kiwi Records? ...
Christchurch air force memorial
nzhistory.govt.nzMemorial plaques located on Memorial Drive near Christchurch Airport. The Spitfire fighter plane and memorial wall commemorate New Zealand flyers killed during the Second World War. On the same site is a memorial cairn dedicated to the four crew members o ...
Mrs Lamberton
nzhistory.govt.nzcould not ride a horse she used a bicycle and often rode quite a distance in all weathers. On the newly formed roads of those days this was quite an effort. Grandchildren often stayed and one of those recalled that one day as he banged away with his hammer and nails, these were suddenly taken away by ...
New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective
nzhistory.govt.nzbecame a familiar face during the 1990s as she fronted this campaign, at times weathering hostile opposition from some quarters. More significantly, she and others within NZPC successfully attracted support from a wide and diverse range of women’s groups, community organisations, academics and ...
Māori Budget continues investment in whānau, whare and whakapapa
mch.govt.nzengaged in its services in the wake of cyclone devastation and increases to the cost of living,” Minister for Whānau Ora Peeni Henare said. “Our commissioning agencies sprang into action to support communities affected by recent weather events, helping to clear rubbish post cyclone, planning for housing ...
Advice to Ministers
mch.govt.nzpoints on Cabinet Paper- Severe Weather Emergency Recovery (Waste Management, Time Extensions, Extension of Water Permits) Orders 2023 15-Sep-23 BR23/416 Funding conditions for the restoration of St James Theatre, Auckland 18-Sep-23 BR23/414 Proactive Release- Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill ...
Crèches and early childcare
nzhistory.govt.nzchildren’s clothes are washed by the sisters.' [21] In a 1905 letter to Sister Carmel, Aubert noted the difficulties presented by all this washing, especially in winter. 'The washing every day is terrible and the drying is as bad', she wrote. 'We have had very stormy weather.' [22] ...
The first Sweetwaters festival
nzhistory.govt.nzScene from the first Sweetwaters festival in 1980 ...
28maoribattalion.org.nz
on the ship wearing sand shoes and they all thought they were fit, but I didn’t think they were fit. So I sent them for march of a hundred miles in a week. And it was lovely weather we were marching across the Sussex wield. I don’t think any of them that took part in it will forget it. Especially ...
FAQs
mch.govt.nzgenerations can visit to grieve, reflect and celebrate those who lost their lives on 28 November 1979. Taurarua Dove-Myer Robinson Park in Auckland was originally selected as the site for the memorial, however extreme weather events in January and February 2023 mean that the site is no longer suitable. Why ...
Notes and questions, merchant seafarers
nzhistory.govt.nzother crew did not.) If you worked in the engine room, what did you wear on watch? How hot was it? If working on deck, what sort of wet-weather gear did you have? Describe your day-to-day routine (depending on job/department of ship). Did you work watches or day work? What hours did you work? Where were ...
28maoribattalion.org.nz
unwarranted massive ANZAC bloodloss in battles such as Gallipoli,Messines,Somme and of course the Kiwi nemesis of Passchendaele. Many times simply gaining a few metres because of some Generals romantic disconnected fantasy.. completely disregarding basic human obstacles such as the weather..how many Kiwis ...
Interpreting First World War memorials
nzhistory.govt.nzan English migrant, W.H. Feldon. One at Matakana was done in Oamaru stone and is now badly weathered into a ghostly visage; the other sits atop a wonderfully rich memorial to the dead of Te Arawa at Rotorua. This memorial includes historic scenes important to Te Arawa and is surrounded by eight ...
Challenges
nzhistory.govt.nzcensorship was so tight that from December 1940, weather forecasts were banned until the end of the war. The only personal contact possible with New Zealand men and women overseas was through letters. Again, censorship prevented any intimacy, but the mail still provided a vital link. The army recognised its ...
Creative Fibre
nzhistory.govt.nzspinning. The services and POWs needed weather-resistant jerseys. Hundreds of wheels were made and keenly used by women taught in patriotic clubs to handle unscoured fleece. Spinning lapsed for a while after the war, though the Eastbourne Spinners still met with their founder, Aileen Stace, who taught for ...
Cultural Installations and Events funding recipients
mch.govt.nzvoyager Kupe, to Aotearoa $20,000 Olive Bieringa Resisting Extinction will involve performances and rituals held along the waterfront in Wellington and New Plymouth using the weather and land as points of collective gathering and action $20,000 Oranjehof Dutch Connection Museum Trust Placing a sculpture ...
COVID-19 Cultural Recovery Programme Impacts Report 2021/22
mch.govt.nzcrisis and extreme weather events. Currently, a range of impact measurement activities are underway to strengthen the COVID Recovery Programme evidence base for 2022/23. Going forward, there is opportunity to build on these activities to deepen COVID Recovery Programme insights and inform wider policy ...
Notes and questions, Pacific
nzhistory.govt.nztime before landing. How were you transported to Mono? Did you apply face paint? Describe this. If you were on the deck of the United States destroyer what could you see? What could you hear? What was the weather like? What could you see of Mono? What was its physical appearance? What time was it just ...
Invasion
nzhistory.govt.nzlanding: 25 April 1915 Landing boats carrying NZ infantry Originally scheduled for 23 April, the invasion was delayed for two days by bad weather. On Sunday 25 April, the MEF launched its invasion of the Dardanelles. First ashore was the ANZAC, which had moved forward to the nearby Greek island of Lemnos ...
Ettie Rout Great War Story
nzhistory.govt.nzcooking has been the trouble. I have had to do that myself for several weeks now, and the weather has been distinctly hot. I have stood over huge field boilers making gallons and gallons of blanc mange; all the boys are very keen on that. They simply devour anything that is made. … Some of the soldiers ...
1000 Māori place names
nzhistory.govt.nzKaiparoro kai: to eat; paroro: bad weather Eating up bad weather Kaipō Bay kai: to eat; pō: night Eat night Kaipuke kai: to eat; puke: swell, flood Ship (wave eater) Kaipūpū kai: food; pūpū: shellfish Eat shellfish Kairākau kai: to eat; rākau: wood. Eat wood Kairaki kai: eat; raki (South Island form of ...
Sound clip: executions at Mt Eden Prison
nzhistory.govt.nzDon McKenzie, a former prison psychologist at Mt Eden and retired director of research in the Justice Department, describes reactions to a hanging in the prison. ...
The Anzacs
mch.govt.nzSalient. It was in this area in that the Third Battle of Ypres was fought from July to November 1917. Despite Anzac success at Broodseinde Ridge, Australian and New Zealand forces sustained enormous losses in an unsuccessful effort to capture Passchendaele in October. Fighting in appalling weather, the New ...
Leonard Hart Great War Story
nzhistory.govt.nznewspapers in New Zealand initially reported Passchendaele as a success (although one hindered by the weather or ‘superhuman’ German resistance), morale plummeted amongst the soldiers of the New Zealand Division, with many blaming their ‘armchair leaders’ for sending them into a deathtrap. Leonard Hart’s ...
Australian Memorial – Pukeahu Park
nzhistory.govt.nzSalient. It was in this area in that the Third Battle of Ypres was fought from July to November 1917. Despite Anzac success at Broodseinde Ridge, Australian and New Zealand forces sustained enormous losses in an unsuccessful effort to capture Passchendaele in October. Fighting in appalling weather, the New ...
1918
nzhistory.govt.nzbut the weather is miserably wet and cold (the hills are 600–900 m above sea level). With the track unsuitable for wheeled vehicles, the column is not supported by artillery. 25th – First Raid on Amman: The NZMR reaches Ain es Sir (25 km north-east of Shunet Nimrin) at noon, having had very little ...
Plant and animal quarantine
nzhistory.govt.nzBritain and Europe, ships generally came from well-regulated markets and for most of their voyages sailed through cool or temperate latitudes in weather chilly enough to kill off most pests. Threats still existed, such as termite infestations and those posed by barked timber and dunnage (low-quality ...
1918
nzhistory.govt.nzan infantry column are approaching Es Salt and Ain es Sir along different tracks. The intention is to then attack Amman. The NZMR’s advance is not impeded by the Ottoman Turks, but the weather is miserably wet and cold (the hills are 600–900 m above sea level). With the track unsuitable for wheeled ...
The Battle of the Somme
nzhistory.govt.nzBritish Expeditionary Force’s commander-in-chief, oversaw preparations for the offensive. The opening stanza would be a five-day preparatory bombardment of the enemy line (bad weather would extend this to seven days), expected to leave the defenders incapable of resisting the waves of infantry that would ...
1918
nzhistory.govt.nzits role in this operation, the WMR is to move to Bethlehem, where the NZMR is concentrating. The WMR rides to Latrun in heavy rain. It is ordered to remain in bivouac until the weather clears. 11th – The rain stops and the WMR continues its trek. The regiment leaves bivouac at 7 a.m. and rides to Mar ...
First World War farewells
nzhistory.govt.nzSeptember and at Newtown Park in Wellington on 24 September were both affected by bad weather but still attracted thousands of people. In Wellington, schools and many businesses observed the day as a holiday or half-holiday and the crowds were estimated at up to 30,000. Many also bade farewell to the troops ...
Climate change risks and adaptation tools for Aotearoa New Zealand's cultural heritage
mch.govt.nzcultural assets/taonga to climate change’. Recent extreme weather events, including Cyclone Gabrielle, have demonstrated the importance of accelerating these actions to support communities. Objectives The objectives of this work are to: increase understanding within Manatū Taonga of the current ...
1917: Arras, Messines and Passchendaele
nzhistory.govt.nzBattle of Ypres, to break through the Germans holding the ridges surrounding Ypres. While the Messines attack succeeded completely, the main assault foundered in the face of determined enemy resistance, difficult terrain and appalling weather. Eventually all that was gained was a few kilometres of ...
Creative Spaces – impact of cultural recovery funding
mch.govt.nzimpact of the $18 million Manatū Taonga investment indicates that the funding allowed the creative spaces sector to weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in some cases prevent spaces from having to close their doors permanently. However, the funding did more than just this. For the first time, ...
Remembering the royals
nzhistory.govt.nzTown Hall. Brian Grimstrup Although I couldn't see her I was present when my mother, her friend and their assorted children waited on the Hutt Road overbridge in the hot sun for a glimpse of the biggest celebrity of the era. My mother, prepared for Wellington's changeable weather, was wearing ...
Timeline: 4-16 September 2010
nzhistory.govt.nzbad weather that is forecast to hit the region; use welfare centres if required. Residents are also advised that all schools in Christchurch, Selwyn and Kaiapoi will be closed on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 September, and that no bus services will operate on Monday 6 September. People outside the region ...
Rural
nzhistory.govt.nzthey viewed some of their weathered fence posts breaking into bloom or their easy chairs rising to dance around the kitchen. But most certainly they are kindly disposed and it remains for our members to prove to them that the Institute stands for the making of happier homes and none the less punctual ...
Long Term Insights Briefing
mch.govt.nzThe Long Term Insights Briefing for Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is also available as a PDF file. Long-Term Insights Briefing: Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage (PDF 899 KB) Acknowledgments Manatū Taonga Ministry for C ...
Canterbury Mounted Rifles timeline 1914-19
nzhistory.govt.nzFormation and first actions of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment ...
Wellington Mounted Rifles timeline 1914-19
nzhistory.govt.nzTimeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1914 ...