Tag: Anzac narratives
Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter
RNZ Pacific
An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter -- which had been carrying...
Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Anzac dawn ceremonies have been held across the Pacific region, with tributes paid to both Anzac and Pacific Island...
‘Tears always fall’ – Cook Islanders remember their fallen Anzac heroes
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the early 1940s a young Sergeant Alexander Brown from Mangaia, Cook Islands, was killed in action.
"His siblings, all...
New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story...
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
What happened on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 108 years ago has shocked and shaped Aotearoa New Zealand...
