New Zealand and the Second World War
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
New Zealand independently declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939. This topic covers the battles fought, our defence forces, the Māori Battalion, heroes, nurses, the war effort at home ,and effects of the WW2 on New Zealand. SCIS no: 1892562
Achievements - Māori and the Second World War
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Maori Battalion tommy gun training at Maadi, Egypt
Alexander Turnbull Library
Second World War timeline - Second World War - overview
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Crowd in Wellington on VJ Day
Alexander Turnbull Library
28th Māori Battalion roll
Services to Schools
Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage addresses New Zealand.
Services to Schools
Devonport school pupils entering air raid shelters
Alexander Turnbull Library
Recruitment poster, 1940
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Veterans mark 68th anniversary of Battle of Crete
Radio New Zealand
New Zealand infantry waiting for moment of advance across Senio river
Alexander Turnbull Library
VE and VJ days - VE and VJ days
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
VE Day crowds at Parliament
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
NZEF in Italy, 1944
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The North African Campaign - The North African Campaign
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Helmet, 'E.P.S. Information'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
United States Marine drinking milk, New Zealand
Alexander Turnbull Library
Featherston's camp - Roadside Stories
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Godwin speaking about being a prisoner of war
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
CHAPTER 4 — Response from the Home Front - The Home Front Volume I
Victoria University of Wellington
Amberley hero - Charles Upham
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Jayforce soldiers with Japanese children, Mishima Island, Japan
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Thompson sub-machine gun
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
David Grant - Conscientious Objectors
Radio New Zealand
Munitions factory workers, Second World War
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Land girl
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
New Zealand and the Second World War - Second World War - overview
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Our People Our Century - Families at War
NZ On Screen
Resistance fighter remembered as fearless heroine
Radio New Zealand
Tank designed by Robert Semple
Alexander Turnbull Library
Weekly Review No. 232 (1946)
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Tama Tū
NZ On Screen
Over Here
NZ On Screen
New release of Blue Smoke
Radio New Zealand
New Zealanders around a captured German motorcycle, World War II
Alexander Turnbull Library
Battle of the River Plate
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Poster, 'Taringa Whakarongo!'
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Operation Mercury
Services to Schools
Dig for victory: New Zealand's Second World War gardens
Services to Schools
Jewish refugees in 1930-1940s New Zealand
Services to Schools
New Zealand in the Second World War
Services to Schools
The Kiwi Concert Party in the Second World War
Services to Schools
New Zealand prepares for Japan
Services to Schools
New Zealand Women’s Land Service
Services to Schools
New Zealand human rights in the Second World War
Services to Schools
He served in WW1 and WW2
Services to Schools
The Phoney War
Services to Schools
Three great British wartime deceptions
Services to Schools
Featherston’s peace garden
Services to Schools
A story of the Second World War
Services to Schools
El Alamein veteran brings history to life
Services to Schools
Veteran Portrait Project
Services to Schools
Second World War diaries
Services to Schools
Wrights Hill Fortress
Services to Schools
Defending New Zealand
Services to Schools
War Stories
Services to Schools
The ANZACs
Services to Schools
Uncovering the story of Fortress Northland
Services to Schools
Massacre at Featherston
Services to Schools
Home Guards
Services to Schools
Second World War hero Haane Manahi
Services to Schools
Volunteer for national service
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
HMNZS Leander
Alexander Turnbull Library
Flyer to New Zealand boys
Alexander Turnbull Library
Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF
Alexander Turnbull Library
The secret history of the Second World War in New Zealand
Services to Schools
US forces in New Zealand - US Forces in New Zealand
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
World War Two (New Zealand involvement)
National Library of New Zealand
World War Two (causes and impacts)
National Library of New Zealand
VJ Day street celebrations in Wellington
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Māori Battalion
National Library of New Zealand
Hunua and Paparimu Roll of Honour
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Germany. Propaganda Abschnitts Offizer Italien: Death. Doomsday 1944.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reflecting on wartime rationing
Services to Schools
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Services to Schools
Online cenotaph
Services to Schools
The World War II Collection
Services to Schools
Anzac
DigitalNZ
The Holocaust
DigitalNZ
Gallipoli Campaign
DigitalNZ
Te Hau Kāinga – The Māori Home Front
Services to Schools
World War Two (daily life)
National Library of New Zealand
The Second World War
Services to Schools
Conscientious objectors
DigitalNZ
11: The Second World War
Radio New Zealand
12: Post-War New Zealand
Radio New Zealand