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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.=20


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=20
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.=20

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.=20

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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