Te Ara (www.teara.govt.nz) has launched two new features about New Zealand’s distinctive places. The Bay of Plenty feature was released in Tauranga and Whakatāne on 5 and 6 December 2005. One week later, on 12 and 13 December, the Northland feature was launched in Whāngārei and Kaikohe.
15 December 2005

Remembering the 1918 flu pandemic

Talk of Asian Bird Flu has revived memories of New Zealand's worst disease outbreak, the lethal influenza pandemic of 1918. A new web feature on NZHistory.net.nz provides an overview of the affect of the pandemic on this country and includes a series of sound recordings from people who lived through it.

11 October 2005

When disaster strikes - what's your story?

If you've experienced a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption, tsunami or a landslide then Te Ara - The encyclopedia of New Zealand is interested in your story.

01 August 2005

Come on home: the end of the Second World War

Sixty years ago New Zealanders celebrated the end of the Second World War and our boys, and girls, came home from six years of fighting and hardship. A series of four talks running through August will commemorate the end of the war and consider the emotional, social and political impact it had on New Zealand.

29 July 2005

Awards in Oral History announced

The panel for this year's Awards in Oral History have selected 17 oral history projects out of over 60 applicants to receive funding support. Projects span the length and breadth of the country from Lake Omapere in the far north to Dunedin in the south, and way down south to Antarctica.

19 July 2005

New Anzac website launched

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has launched a new website, www.anzac.govt.nz, focusing on the history, traditions and ceremonies associated with Anzac Day, with stunning, interactive panoramas of significant sites on the Gallipoli peninsula and a searchable database of New Zealanders who died during the campaign.

19 April 2005

Marking ninety years since Gallipoli landings

The 90th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings is being marked in Wellington with an event on Monday 18 April organised by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, at which the Prime Minister Helen Clark will launch a Gallipoli guidebook, an Anzac website and a Turkish documentary film.

13 April 2005

All washed up – what's your beachcombing story?

The team at Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand are asking for stories about things people have found washed up on the beaches of New Zealand, to include in the next theme of the online encyclopedia which is entitled "Earth, Sea and Sky".

22 March 2005