WW100 – New Zealand’s First World War centenary commemorations | Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

The New Zealand Government ran WW100, a programme to mark the First World War centenary from 2014 to 2018. This page links to First World War content.

First World War resources

First World War resources
Our collection of First World War material including digital collection, photographs, and topics.

First World War memorials and monuments
Local memorials and monuments.

First World War service personnel
To mark the centenary of the First World War, the New Zealand Government launched WW100 which ran from 2014 to 2018. As part of this programme, staff of Christchurch City Libraries researched the lives of military service personnel who had links to their area. Explore the lives of soldiers, sailors, pilots, and nurses with connections to Christchurch who served in the First World War.

New Zealand and the First World War
Information from New Zealand History online.

Cenotaph database
Information on New Zealand service personnel from Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Canterbury WW100 activities

Here are some resources, events and activities in our region.

First World War service personnel
To mark the centenary of the First World War, the New Zealand Government launched WW100 which ran from 2014 to 2018. As part of this programme, staff of Christchurch City Libraries researched the lives of military service personnel who had links to their area. Explore the lives of soldiers, sailors, pilots, and nurses with connections to Christchurch who served in the First World War.
Fields of Remembrance
Lincoln University Community Archive World War One 1914-1918

Some of these past events are captured via the Wayback Machine Internet Archive: