Truth & Fiction

A DigitalNZ Story by fwwresources

These items support the inquiries in the First World War inquiry guides for Years 9 - 10 and Years 11 - 13, Truth & Fiction. The inquiry guides are available to download at www.firstworldwar.tki.org.nz .

Image: Thomson soda, 1915-1918

Thomson soda, 1915-1918

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Blomfield, William?], 1866-1938 :What will he do with it? "N.Z. Observer" postcard [ca 1914].

[Blomfield, William?], 1866-1938 :What will he do with it? "N.Z. Observer" postcard [ca 1914].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Dixon, Charles Edward, 1872-1934 :The landing at Anzac; April 25th, 1915. London, The Fine Art Society, 1916

Dixon, Charles Edward, 1872-1934 :The landing at Anzac; April 25th, 1915. London, The Fine Art Society, 1916

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Carillon

Carillon

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Thomas Moynihan, conscientious objector, Wanganui Detention Barracks 1918

Thomas Moynihan, conscientious objector, Wanganui Detention Barracks 1918

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Postcard with photograph of soldier amputees

Postcard with photograph of soldier amputees

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 'The Empire Needs Men!' poster

'The Empire Needs Men!' poster

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Flag, Maori

Flag, Maori

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: United Tribes' flag

United Tribes' flag

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: United Tribes Ensign

United Tribes Ensign

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Te Kooti's war flag

Te Kooti's war flag

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Edsall, (Mr), active 1916: Greetings from Sling Camp, 1916 - 1917. Kia-Ora. Christmas and New Year. Bennett Bros, Military Printers, Salisbury [Front cover. 1916]

Edsall, (Mr), active 1916: Greetings from Sling Camp, 1916 - 1917. Kia-Ora. Christmas and New Year. Bennett Bros, Military Printers, Salisbury [Fro...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The homecoming from Gallipoli, by Walter Bowring

The homecoming from Gallipoli, by Walter Bowring

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: First World War posters at Te Papa: Tuhinga 23

First World War posters at Te Papa: Tuhinga 23

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Longstaff, William 1879-1953 :The immortal shrine [London? ca 1928]

Longstaff, William 1879-1953 :The immortal shrine [London? ca 1928]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Longstaff, William 1879-1953 :Menin Gate at midnight. [ca 1927?].

Longstaff, William 1879-1953 :Menin Gate at midnight. [ca 1927?].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tremain, Garrick 1941- :'What on earth were the S.A.S. doing in Afghanistan anyway?' 30 March 2012

Tremain, Garrick 1941- :'What on earth were the S.A.S. doing in Afghanistan anyway?' 30 March 2012

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Books 1933. Wikileaks 2010. 11 December 2010

Books 1933. Wikileaks 2010. 11 December 2010

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 'Field punishment no. 1'

'Field punishment no. 1'

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: New Zealand soldiers with the 'Cannibals Paradise' sign in World War I, France

New Zealand soldiers with the 'Cannibals Paradise' sign in World War I, France

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Wounded soldier

Wounded soldier

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Wounded soldier

Wounded soldier

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Wounded soldier

Wounded soldier

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Card from the field

Card from the field

Auckland Libraries

Newspaper

CENSORS' SECRETS (Thames Star, 11 October 1919)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

THE CENSOR. (Observer, 10 February 1917)

National Library of New Zealand

Video

Mark Briggs Great War Story

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Great War Stories: Mark Briggs

Great War Stories: Mark Briggs

DigitalNZ

Image: Archibald Baxter's 'We will not cease' cover

Archibald Baxter's 'We will not cease' cover

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Archibald Baxter

Archibald Baxter

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Poor Ahjij was a slacker, and vhen the Coin pulsion Hill came alony fie sou (/lit shelter in the. ranks of the. ('oiiscientioiis Objectors. But his pacifist t/ie.irics suddenly evaporated when he. saw his best ijirl bciiuj ill-treated l> ij a rtJjUui. Moral: Pacifists, like poets, are. born, not made.��(/>'// Mr CI. M. Paijue) (Observer, 22 April 1916)

Poor Ahjij was a slacker, and vhen the Coin pulsion Hill came alony fie sou (/lit shelter in the. ranks of the. ('oiiscientioiis Objectors. But his...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Major-General Russell inspecting an Otago Battalion

Major-General Russell inspecting an Otago Battalion

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Major-General Charles William Melvill with New Zealand Staff Force officers

Major-General Charles William Melvill with New Zealand Staff Force officers

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

INSUBORDINATE CADET. (Northern Advocate, 16 April 1914)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Harold Delf Gillies, 30 January 1956

Harold Delf Gillies, 30 January 1956

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Unidentified WWI soldier with a prosthetic right hand learning to write with his left hand at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

Unidentified WWI soldier with a prosthetic right hand learning to write with his left hand at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: WWI soldier Allan McMillan sitting at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

WWI soldier Allan McMillan sitting at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Newspaper

LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 20 August 1920)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

PEACE PROPOGANDA. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 October 1917)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

GERMAN PROPAGANDA (Thames Star, 22 January 1918)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: In troubled waters

In troubled waters

Auckland Libraries

Image: Poster, 'The Prussian Octopus'

Poster, 'The Prussian Octopus'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Let there not be a man'

Poster, 'Let there not be a man'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'ANZAC'

Poster, 'ANZAC'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :"Come out!". "N.Z. Observer" postcard [1914].

Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :"Come out!". "N.Z. Observer" postcard [1914].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 'Who said Kaiser' patriotic photograph World War I

'Who said Kaiser' patriotic photograph World War I

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Fund for Wounded Soldiers

Fund for Wounded Soldiers

Puke Ariki

Image: Town Hall, Wellington, N.Z. [Grand Vaudeville performance by] H M S "Philomel", in aid of the Navy League. Wednesday and Thursday, April 4th and 5th, 1917. Souvenir programme [title page].

Town Hall, Wellington, N.Z. [Grand Vaudeville performance by] H M S "Philomel", in aid of the Navy League. Wednesday and Thursday, April 4th and 5t...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Environment Minister Nick Smith likens emissions trading scheme to war efforts on Gallipoli etc. 11 June 2010

Environment Minister Nick Smith likens emissions trading scheme to war efforts on Gallipoli etc. 11 June 2010

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 91,000 leaked military reports and classified war documents. 28 July 2010

91,000 leaked military reports and classified war documents. 28 July 2010

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Terror, war - military pact. 25 June 2012

Hubbard, James, 1949- :Terror, war - military pact. 25 June 2012

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: "Damn anti-war protesters!!! Where's that pro-war march I managed to organise?" "He's just leaving home now." 18 February, 2003.

"Damn anti-war protesters!!! Where's that pro-war march I managed to organise?" "He's just leaving home now." 18 February, 2003.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938 :Our returning leaders. The Free Lance, 25 June 1919 (front page).

Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938 :Our returning leaders. The Free Lance, 25 June 1919 (front page).

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 808 UP! �� The N.Z. "Herald" states that Col. Bob Logan, writing recently in reference to the wicked statement made recently that Samoa had been' bombarded and a number of Expeditionists killed and injured, said that he only wished he could get his hands on some of the disseminators of these false war rumours he would deal with them. Col. Bob: This hct weather and this hot news makes me see red��whoop I I smell printers'ink��let me at him I (Observer, 24 October 1914)

808 UP! �� The N.Z. "Herald" states that Col. Bob Logan, writing recently in reference to the wicked statement made recently that Samoa had been' ...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Poster, 'What in the end will settle the war?'

Poster, 'What in the end will settle the war?'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Why More Men Are Needed'

Poster, 'Why More Men Are Needed'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'There Are Three Types Of Men'

Poster, 'There Are Three Types Of Men'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Britain Needs You At Once'

Poster, 'Britain Needs You At Once'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Women of Britain say - "Go!" '

Poster, 'Women of Britain say - "Go!" '

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Taringa Whakarongo!'

Poster, 'Taringa Whakarongo!'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :This poppy needs YOU. 20 April 2012

Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :This poppy needs YOU. 20 April 2012

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :The spirit of his fathers. New Zealand Observer, Christmas issue, December 1915.

Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :The spirit of his fathers. New Zealand Observer, Christmas issue, December 1915.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 'I Want You' poster

'I Want You' poster

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Postcard to Paul Brickell : digital image

Postcard to Paul Brickell : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Postcard to Paul Brickell : digital image

Postcard to Paul Brickell : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: 'Always Merry' : decorated postcard

'Always Merry' : decorated postcard

Wairarapa Archive

Image: First World War Signs and Symbols

First World War Signs and Symbols

DigitalNZ

Image: Poster, 'Must children die and mothers plead in vain?'

Poster, 'Must children die and mothers plead in vain?'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Letter from Sidney Wilton in France

Letter from Sidney Wilton in France

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Members of the NZEF 9th Reinforcement being addressed before leaving Nelson

Members of the NZEF 9th Reinforcement being addressed before leaving Nelson

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: William and Marion Anderson

William and Marion Anderson

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Diggers Poems - Cover

Diggers Poems - Cover

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: "Our Boys"

"Our Boys"

Wairarapa Archive

Image

Calman, Gordon Jamieson, b 1893 :Roll of Honour. 1917?

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Winter, Mark, 1958- :Anzac. 25 April 2014

Winter, Mark, 1958- :Anzac. 25 April 2014

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Young, W., fl 1917 :For ever and for ever. ANZAC. W. Young, 14. 4. [19]17. Wellington, C. M. Banks Ltd Chromolithos. [ca 1918?]

Young, W., fl 1917 :For ever and for ever. ANZAC. W. Young, 14. 4. [19]17. Wellington, C. M. Banks Ltd Chromolithos. [ca 1918?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Butte de Polygon by George Edmund Butler

Butte de Polygon by George Edmund Butler

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: 'Beware of Spies' World War I propaganda poster

'Beware of Spies' World War I propaganda poster

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga