Live Webinar: New Zealanders At War

New Zealanders at war; Stories from the Military Collections National Webinar Series hosted by Auckland Libraries, in association with Ancestry.

New Zealand’s leading historians, military, and family history experts give free live presentations online to the public during Anzac Day week 2020. #WeRemember

Five daily webinars.

The 19th century conflicts in New Zealand
11am, Monday 20 April
- Introduction: Individual stories from the Ancestry military collections with Jason Reeve
- The New Zealand Wars; an historical overview with Dr Vincent O’Malley
- Soldiers of Empire; the British troops in New Zealand in the 1860s with Prof Charlotte Macdonald
- Pakeha military settlers with Michelle Patient

NZ’s first overseas deployment – the South African War 1899-1902
11am, Tuesday 21 April
- Introduction: Individual stories from the Ancestry military collections with Jason Reeve
- Battles of the New Zealand Contingents on the Veldt with Prof Glyn Harper
- The British troops in South Africa, who settled in NZ with Michelle Patient

The Great War of 1914-1918; remarkable stories of tragedy and survival
11am, Wednesday 22 April
- Introduction: Individual stories from the Ancestry military collections with Jason Reeve
- From Gallipoli to the Somme; stories revealed in objects with Gail Romano
- Anzacs and the Easter Rising with Rory Sweetman
- The tragedy of the Hamblyn brothers with Michelle Patient

Kiwis in World War Two; tales of courage
11am, Thursday 23 April
- Introduction: Individual stories from the Ancestry military collections with Jason Reeve
- New Zealanders in the naval battles of 1945 with Michael Wynd
- Lost at sea; the mystery of Percy Taylor with Fiona Brooker
- NZ troops in Italy; in search of the NZ Division in Trieste with Christine Clement
- The legacy of WW2 in personal family stories with Michelle Patient

The Memory of War; commemorating NZ’s conflicts and soldiers, from the 19th Century to Malaya and Vietnam
11am, Friday 24 April
- Introduction: Individual stories from the Ancestry military collections with Jason Reeve
- Commemorating ANZAC Day over 100 years; and the Rehabilitation of NZ war veterans since WW1 with Dr Stephen Clarke
- The New Zealand Wars; memory over time with Prof Michael Belgrave
- NZ troops in Malaya and Borneo; from Emergency to Confrontation with Dr Chris Pugsley
- New Zealand's Vietnam War; a history of controversy with Dr Ian McGibbon

Register now to attend. Book now to receive a link to this week long webinar prior to the event. You must include an email address when booking to receive the webinar link.
https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?eventid=9834