discuss document export feedback print share Cenotaph Stories View by topic: Conflict And Peace All WWI WWII Vietnam War New Zealand Wars South African War Māori Pacific Nursing Corps Army Navy Air Force Gallipoli Commemoration Korean War Malaya Thailand Servicewomen Anzac Day Online Cenotaph Cenotaph Updates Coastwatchers Conflict and Peace Christopher Pugsley Te Reo Collection Information Access Pou Maumahara Stories Volunteers Wāhine Māori Merchant Navy Jayforce Prisoners of War Pacific Language Weeks Purple Poppy Day Peacekeeping Peacekeeping South East Asia South East Asia Influenza Influenza Chinese Chinese Indian Indian Show more Leave No One Behind: Walter von Schramm and the Graves Registration UnitMatthew NicklessCollection Technician - Research SupportThe Graves Registration Unit is one of the lesser known units of World War II. Through the war diary of its commanding officer, Walter von Schramm, we look at the role of that unit, and how it fit into the wider New Zealand war effort.Read more Life after Armistice: William Osborne LigginsSophie ElboroughCOLLECTION TECHNICIAN - RESEARCH SUPPORTWhile Armistice Day was not an official end to World War I, it did mark a vital turning point in the conflict. For the approximately 52,000 New Zealand service personnel overseas, including William Osborne Liggins, the news meant leaving behind muddy trenches and starting a long journey back home.Read more Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary ReflectionsWe aim to capture contemporary responses to COVID-19 by exploring the similarities, parallels, and perspectives that emerge from considering the pandemic response in the contexts of peace and conflict, and remembrance and commemoration. Read more Back in my day, flour was a precious commodity!FotuoSamoa Jody Jackson-Becerra Contemporary Reflections Grant Recipient"Gather around tamaiti, because I have a story to tell." FotuoSamoa Jody Jackson-Becerra shares a talatu’u, a story about a time, when everything changed. The year was 2020. Read more Life on the curve: stories of essential workers in times of warVirginia GowContemporary Reflections Grant RecipientVirginia Gow comes from a family of medical specialists and essential health workers, some who served in the First World War and the 1918 influenza pandemic, allows for an interesting outsider-insider vantage point on the concept that our fight against Covid-19 has been like a war.Read more