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Welcome to the NZHistory.net.nz newsletter, 12 April 2006

We have been making great progress on moving the content of the site
into the new templates and this process is now about 95% complete. 


NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL FEATURES
A History of the Governor General (www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/1892)
A quick guide to the history of New Zealand's evolving office of
governor-general.

Vice-regal Visiting (www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/1871)
'To be a symbol, and an effective symbol, you must be vividly and often
seen'. For the King or Queen's New Zealand representative, the
governor-general, that meant hitting the road.


FRONTIER OF CHAOS 
This evolving feature on Maori-Pakeha contact before 1840 now includes
sections on Missionaries and 'Taming the frontier'.(
www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/715)


ANZAC DAY - WE'VE GOT IT COVERED!
The following online resources relating to Anzac Day have been provided
by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Anzac Day - A Guide for New Zealanders (www.anzac.govt.nz). This website
includes information on the significance of Anzac Day, how we
commemorate it today and a virtual guide of the Gallipoli peninsula. It
features a searchable database of all New Zealanders who died at
Gallipoli.

Anzac Day (www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/101). Essays on the history of the
day and the Anzac tradition, diaries of two men who served at Gallipoli
and historic radio files. 

Gallipoli Campaign (www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/711). For nine months in
1915, British (including New Zealand) and French forces battled the
Ottoman Empire - modern Turkey - for control of the Gallipoli peninsula.

First World War Memorials Register (www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/397).
Includes an essay on interpreting memorials and a register of over 450
First World War memorials throughout the country.

Anzac Day in The Classroom (www.nzhistory.net.nz/classroom). Includes a
variety of activities and a quiz to help with teaching students about
Anzac Day and the Gallipoli Campaign.

National War Memorial (www.nationalwarmemorial.govt.nz). The Tomb of the
Unknown Warrior section includes short essays on the use of poppies and
the commemoration of soldiers whose bodies were never identified.

War and Society (www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/). This section of
NZHistory.net.nz includes an overview of the First World War and other
material relating to the experiences of New Zealand and New Zealanders
at war in the 19th and 20th centuries. 

THE CALENDAR
The Calendar of New Zealand history events
(www.nzhistory.net.nz/calendar) is now complete from December-April and
May will be finished shortly. We aim to have an event and related links
for every day of the year completed by October this year. We have also
added some background notes and student activities relating to some
recent events to The Classroom:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/classroom/events



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