From nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz Mon Feb 23 11:34:21 2009 From: nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz (nzhistory@list.mch.govt.nz) Date: Mon Feb 23 11:34:27 2009 Subject: [NZhistory.net.nz] Objects of war and focus on the West Coast Message-ID: Welcome to the NZHistory.net.nz newsletter, 23 February 2009 NEW TOPICS Objects of war A knife supposedly made from the shinbone of a Turkish soldier is just one of the many fascinating objects held at the National Army Museum. These objects offer a unique way of experiencing war history, by seeing and reading about the equipment and personal belongings of those who were there. Find images and related stories about over 50 objects of war here: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/objects-of-war http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media_gallery/tid/1903 Seddonville The West Coast coalmining settlement of Seddonville, 50 kms north of Westport, was named in honour of the Liberal Premier Richard Seddon. It was also the site of an early experiment in state socialism - New Zealand's first state coal mine opened there in 1903. Read more here: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/seddonville FOCUS ON WEST COAST Today Te Ara launches its West Coast theme: http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/WestCoast/en To celebrate NZHistory.net.nz has promoted all the West Coast material to the homepage for a few days. As well as Seddonville topic (see above) we have the following: Waiuta - through the eyes of a miner http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/waiuta The 1947 Greymouth beer boycott http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/greymouth-beer-boycott West Coast war memorials register http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/memorials/west-coast You can also find out about West Coast event information on NZLive.com: http://www.nzlive.com/en/index?type=event&venue_city=West+Coast SITE ENHANCEMENTS We've made a few enhancements to the site recently, including: - Media Library search - search for images, video, interactives and sound in the Media Library: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/library/media - Latest added comments box - this appears on every media page - RSS for Kiwi of The Week - you can now get an rss feed of our Kiwi of the Week here: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/feed/kiwi-week - this complements our Today in History rss feed: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline.xml We hope you enjoy these new features NZHistory.net.nz team