Two-week extension for Regional Culture and Heritage Fund applicants
Applicants to the sixth round of the Regional Culture and Heritage Fund (RCHF) now have a two week extension to ready their applications, Pou Mataaho o Te Hua Deputy Chief Executive Delivery at…
National Merchant Navy Day Commemoration: Friday 3 September
While the national commemoration to honour those who served in the Merchant Navy during wartime is unable to proceed this week due to current COVID-19 alert levels, New Zealanders are welcome to…
Cancelled: Vietnam Veterans’ Day commemoration – COVID-19 update
The commemoration to mark Vietnam Veterans’ Day on Wednesday 18 August at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington has been cancelled due to the nationwide move to COVID-19 Alert Level 4. …
Korean War commemoration: important COVID-19 update
On Friday 25 June New Zealand will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the start of the Korean War, at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.…
New Zealanders to commemorate Anzac Day in person
After a disrupted 2020, New Zealanders will be able to gather in public to commemorate Anzac Day this Sunday.…
New Zealand Remembers 125 Years Since Brunner Mine Disaster
The 125th anniversary of the Brunner Mine Disaster, New Zealand’s worst industrial accident, will be acknowledged this Friday announced Tamsin Evans, Deputy Chief Executive Delivery at Manatū…
National Commemoration to mark contribution of New Zealand’s Jayforce
New Zealand will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Jayforce in Japan following the end of the Second World War, through a National Commemoration on Friday 19 March, announced Tamsin Evans,…
Half-masting to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake
At the request of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings on Monday 22 February 2021 to mark…
Dictionary of NZ Biography releases new te reo translations
Today, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography releases te reo Māori translations of 15 entries originally published in English. The 15 subjects are all prominent Māori figures.…
Half-masting to commemorate first anniversary of Whakaari/White Island volcanic eruption
At the request of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings on Wednesday 9 December 2020 to mark…