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In the National Library of New Zealand, called the Alexander Turnbull Library, in the capital city Wellington, there is an exhibition about WWI. It is called “World War One. A Contemporary Conversation” and is worth a visit if you are on holiday in Wellington.

On display are some information relating to our Shared Histories project. There are two display’s that discuss about the conscientious objector Archibald Baxter. He was sent to France in the First World War and was one of the soldiers...

Following the Easter Rising in 1916 in Ireland, Irish Republicans living in New Zealand who supported Irish nationalism formed organisations in solidarity and to promote the Irish republican cause. In Dunedin they formed the "Maoriland Irish Society" and published a radical monthly magazine called "The Green Ray". This fell foul of wartime regulations and was supressed in 1918. Wartime regulations which had introduced censorship regulations limited freedom of speech. Many publications written...

An exhibition in the city of Dunedin at Toitū (Otago Settlers Museum) explores the stories of enlistment and departure, conscientious objection and conscription, the horrors and honours of war. In one section titled “Dissenters” they present primary documents on those who refused to fight. The caption on the display said;

“Most Dunedin citizens strongly supported the war effort. Some small groups and individuals, however, refused to participate for political, religious or moral reasons. But...

The students and Shared Histories Ambassador Josh at Baradene College.

2014 marks the 150th birthday of New Zealand's oldest Army regiment, Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifle.

To mark this milestone, the regiment which is based at Linton, paraded around The Square in Palmerston North on Saturday. 

Soldiers, riflemen on horseback and small tanks were all part of this spectacle which attracted many people from around the Manawatu, even on a day which was very drizzly and breezy! Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae inspected the horses.

The QAMR served in both World...

A short look back on what we did in France and Belgium in July while we were there for First World War commemorations.
Music is Trojans by Atlas Genius

Our Research Report - By Sinead Burns, Lara Sell, Sofia Schollum

 For our Blog post we are reporting on our research focus - What were the government’s policies (New Zealand) towards pacifists in World War One?

During World War 1 and many other wars in general, there has been a wide expectation that all men had an obligation to fight.

Introduced in 1912, the Defence Amendment Act stated that appropriate punishment would follow any objection to conscription. The punishment would include...

We have researched who objected to conscription and refused to fight in the First World War. We came up with a number of key ideas when researching our topic about what type of people refused to fight during the First World War.

—Conscription, which is the compulsory enlistment of people in the military forces, was not popular with all New Zealand people.

This is research that we have started on Anti-Militarism in New Zealand at the time of the First World War. By Rose Stoddart, Claudia Wollaston, Indiya Dawson-Myers, Bella Hannah, Rewa Kendall.

An English language translation follows the French version of our update.

Définitions:

Pacifisme: La croyance que la guerre et la violence sont injustifiables.

Privation des droits civiques: l incapacité de voter.

Le fond de l'anti-militarisme

De petits groupes de Néo-Zélandais étaient contre les...

Fresh crêpes, cobbled streets, photo booths and Parisiens smoking with cool refinement. Polished marble floors with a glassy sheen, wrought-iron lattices and metro stations flashing by in lights of dull grey. These are the things I remember about Paris. As soon as the Young Ambassadors touched down on French soil, we entered a place where history and modernity walk alive in the streets.

Our first week of the tour was a whirlwind of tourist attractions and grand military parades along with...